<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>including general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>state agencies, and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning; authorizing rulemaking; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.32, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>by adding subdivisions; 120A.22, subdivisions 5, 6; 120B.02; 120B.023, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision 2; 120B.11, subdivision 5; 120B.131, subdivision 2; 121A.11, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.07, subdivisions 2, 3; 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.14, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>by adding subdivisions; 122A.18, by adding a subdivision; 122A.40, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>5; 122A.60; 122A.61, subdivision 1; 122A.75, subdivision 1; 123B.14, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision 7; 123B.36, subdivision 1; 123B.49, subdivision 4; 123B.51, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>adding a subdivision; 123B.57, subdivisions 2, 6; 123B.71, subdivision 9; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>123B.77, subdivision 3; 123B.81, subdivisions 3, 5; 123B.83, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>3; 124D.10, subdivisions 2a, 4a, 6, 6a, 7, 8, 9, 23; 124D.19, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>14; 124D.522; 124D.55; 124D.60, subdivision 1; 124D.86, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>125A.15; 125A.51; 125A.65, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 125A.744, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivision 3; 126C.40, subdivision 6; 134.31, subdivision 6, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivision; 135A.14, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.15; 123B.143, subdivision 1; 123B.81, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivision 4; 124D.095, subdivision 4; 124D.10, subdivisions 4, 23a; 124D.13, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivision 11; 124D.531, subdivision 1; 125A.14; 126C.10, subdivision 34; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>127A.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 134.31, subdivision 4a; proposing coding for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 120B; 121A; 124D; 125B; 127A; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 121A.67; 125A.16; 125A.19; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>125A.20; 125A.57; Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 3, section 16.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>    Section 1. <b>[3.9855] EDUCATION FIRST.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, during a regular legislative session, the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>legislature must pass and send to the governor, the state early education through grade <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>12 biennial finance legislation in the first year of the biennium and the early education <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>through grade 12 supplemental finance legislation in the second year of the biennium <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>before passing any other state budget finance legislation.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.40, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Probationary period.</b> (a) The first three consecutive years of a teacher's <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>first teaching experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>period of employment, and after completion thereof, the probationary period in each <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>district in which the teacher is thereafter employed shall be one year. The school board <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>must adopt a plan for written evaluation of teachers during the probationary period. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>Evaluation must occur at least three times each year for a teacher performing services on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>120 or more school days, at least two times each year for a teacher performing services on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>60 to 119 school days, and at least one time each year for a teacher performing services <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>on fewer than 60 school days. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>absent from school must not be included in determining the number of school days on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>which a teacher performs services. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph paragraphs <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>(b) and (c), during the probationary period any annual contract with any teacher may or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>may not be renewed as the school board shall see fit. However, the board must give any <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>such teacher whose contract it declines to renew for the following school year written <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>notice to that effect before July 1. If the teacher requests reasons for any nonrenewal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>of a teaching contract, the board must give the teacher its reason in writing, including <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>a statement that appropriate supervision was furnished describing the nature and the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>extent of such supervision furnished the teacher during the employment by the board, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>within ten days after receiving such request. The school board may, after a hearing held <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>upon due notice, discharge a teacher during the probationary period for cause, effective <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>immediately, under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.44</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>    (b) A board must discharge a probationary teacher, effective immediately, upon <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>receipt of notice under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.20, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), that the teacher's <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>    (c) A school district that fails to evaluate a probationary teacher under paragraph (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>must renew the teacher unless it completes the required evaluation or budget constraints <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>require the board to not renew the probationary teacher.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>    (d) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>for purposes of paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>    (d) (e) A probationary teacher must complete at least 60 days of teaching service <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>each year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>teacher is absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.14, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Clerk records.</b> The clerk shall keep a record of all meetings of the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>district and the board in books provided by the district for that purpose. The clerk shall, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>within three days after an election, notify all persons elected of their election. By August <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>September 15 of each year the clerk shall file with the board a report of the revenues, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>expenditures and balances in each fund for the preceding fiscal year. The report together <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>with vouchers and supporting documents shall subsequently be examined by a public <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>accountant or the state auditor, either of whom shall be paid by the district, as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.77, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The board shall by resolution approve the report or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>require a further or amended report. By August September 15 of each year, the clerk shall <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>make and transmit to the commissioner certified reports, showing: <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>    (1) The condition and value of school property;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>    (2) (1) The revenues and expenditures in detail, and such other financial information <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>required by law, rule, or as may be called for by the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>    (3) (2) The length of school term and the enrollment and attendance by grades; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>    (4) (3) Such other items of information as may be called for by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>    The clerk shall enter in the clerk's record book copies of all reports and of the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>teachers' term reports, as they appear in the registers, and of the proceedings of any <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>meeting as furnished by the clerk pro tem, and keep an itemized account of all the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>expenses of the district. The clerk shall furnish to the auditor of the proper county, by <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>October 10 September 30 of each year, an attested copy of the clerk's record, showing the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>amount of money proposed property taxes voted by the district or the board for school <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>purposes; draw and sign all orders upon the treasurer for the payment of money for bills <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>allowed by the board for salaries of officers and for teachers' wages and all claims, to be <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>countersigned by the chair. Such orders must state the consideration, payee, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>fund and the clerk shall take a receipt therefor. Teachers' wages shall have preference in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>the order in which they become due, and no money applicable for teachers' wages shall <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>be used for any other purpose, nor shall teachers' wages be paid from any fund except <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>that raised or apportioned for that purpose.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.57, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Contents of program.</b> (a) To qualify for health and safety revenue, a <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>district must adopt a health and safety program. The program must include plans, where <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>applicable, for hazardous substance removal, fire and life safety code repairs, regulated <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>facility and equipment violations, and health, safety, and environmental management, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>including indoor air quality management.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>    (a) (b) A hazardous substance plan must contain provisions for the removal or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>encapsulation of asbestos from school buildings or property, asbestos-related repairs, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>cleanup and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings or property, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>and cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing heating fuel or transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel, oil, and special fuel, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>296A.01</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>If a district has already developed a plan for the removal or encapsulation of asbestos as <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>required by the federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986, the district <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>may use a summary of that plan, which includes a description and schedule of response <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>actions, for purposes of this section. The plan must also contain provisions to make <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>modifications to existing facilities and equipment necessary to limit personal exposure <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>to hazardous substances, as regulated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, part 1910, subpart Z; or is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>determined by the commissioner to present a significant risk to district staff or student <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>health and safety as a result of foreseeable use, handling, accidental spill, exposure, or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>contamination. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    (b) (c) A fire and life safety plan must contain a description of the current fire and, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>life safety, or elevator code violations, a plan for the removal or repair of the fire and, life <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>safety, or elevator safety hazard, and a description of safety preparation and awareness <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>procedures to be followed until the hazard is fully corrected.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>    (c) (d) A facilities and equipment violation plan must contain provisions to correct <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>health and safety hazards as provided in Department of Labor and Industry standards <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>182.655</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>    (d) (e) A health, safety, and environmental management plan must contain a <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>description of training, record keeping, hazard assessment, and program management as <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.56</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>    (e) (f) A plan to test for and mitigate radon produced hazards.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>    (f) (g) A plan to monitor and improve indoor air quality.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.57, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Uses of health and safety revenue.</b> (a) Health and safety revenue may <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>be used only for approved expenditures necessary to correct fire and life safety hazards, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>or for the removal or encapsulation of asbestos from school buildings or property <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>owned or being acquired by the district, asbestos-related repairs, cleanup and disposal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings or property owned or being <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>acquired by the district, or the cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>heating fuel or transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>296A.01</statute_ref>, Minnesota occupational safety and health administration <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>regulated facility and equipment hazards, indoor air quality mold abatement, upgrades <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>or replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>Department of Health Food Code and swimming pool hazards excluding depth correction, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>and health, safety, and environmental management. Testing and calibration activities are <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>permitted for existing mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>years. Health and safety revenue may be used to replace or repair elevators, according to a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>plan adopted under subdivision 2. Health and safety revenue must not be used to finance a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>agreement. Health and safety revenue must not be used for the construction of new <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>facilities or the purchase of portable classrooms, for interest or other financing expenses, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>or for energy efficiency projects under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.65</statute_ref>. The revenue may not be used for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>a building or property or part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>or administration or for a purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), health and safety revenue must not be used for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>replacement of building materials or facilities including roof, walls, windows, internal <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>fixtures and flooring, nonhealth and safety costs associated with demolition of facilities, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>structural repair or replacement of facilities due to unsafe conditions, violence prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>and facility security, ergonomics, building and heating, ventilating and air conditioning <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>supplies, maintenance, and cleaning activities. All assessments, investigations, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>inventories, and support equipment not leading to the engineering or construction of a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>project shall be included in the health, safety, and environmental management costs in <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>subdivision 8, paragraph (a).<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.77, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Statement for comparison and correction.</b> (a) By November 30 of the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>calendar year of the submission of the unaudited financial data, the district must provide to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>the commissioner audited financial data for the preceding fiscal year. The audit must be <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>conducted in compliance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>federal Single Audit Act, and the Minnesota legal compliance guide issued by the Office <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>of the State Auditor. An audited financial statement prepared in a form which will allow <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>comparison with and correction of material differences in the unaudited financial data <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>shall be submitted to the commissioner and the state auditor by December 31. The audited <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>financial statement must also provide a statement of assurance pertaining to uniform <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>financial accounting and reporting standards compliance and a copy of the management <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>letter submitted to the district by the school district's auditor.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>    (b) By January February 15 of the calendar year following the submission of the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>unaudited financial data, the commissioner shall convert the audited financial data <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>required by this subdivision into the consolidated financial statement format required <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>under subdivision 1a and publish the information on the department's Web site.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.81, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Debt verification.</b> The commissioner shall establish a uniform auditing or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>other verification procedure for districts to determine whether a statutory operating debt <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>exists in any Minnesota school district as of June 30, 1977. This procedure must identify <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>all interfund transfers made during fiscal year 1977 from a fund included in computing <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>statutory operating debt to a fund not included in computing statutory operating debt. <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>The standards for this uniform auditing or verification procedure must be promulgated <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>by the state board pursuant to chapter 14. If a district applies to the commissioner for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>a statutory operating debt verification or if the unaudited financial statement for the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>school year ending June 30, 1977 reveals that a statutory operating debt might exist, the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>commissioner shall require a verification of the amount of the statutory operating debt <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>which actually does exist.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 123B.81, subdivision 4, is <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Debt elimination.</b> If an audit or other verification procedure conducted <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>pursuant to subdivision 3 determines that a statutory operating debt exists, a district <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>must follow the procedures set forth in this section 123B.83 to eliminate this statutory <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>operating debt. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.81, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Certification of debt.</b> The commissioner shall certify the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>statutory operating debt for each district. Prior to June 30, 1979, the commissioner may, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>on the basis of corrected figures, adjust the total amount of statutory operating debt <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>certified for any district.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.83, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Failure to limit expenditures.</b> If a district does not limit its expenditures in <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>accordance with this section, the commissioner may so notify the appropriate committees <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>of the legislature by no later than January 1 February 15 of the year following the end <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>of that fiscal year.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 34, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>    Subd. 34. <b>Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.</b> (a) For fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>2007 and later, 2008, and 2009, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>school district with a plan approved under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivision 2b</statute_ref>, equals 65 <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>73.1 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate school <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>district or charter school with a plan approved under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivisions 2a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>and 2b
         </statute_ref>, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>in the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year, or on October 1 of the current fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>for those districts under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>    (b) For fiscal years 2010 and later, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>for a school district with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>65 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate school <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>district or charter school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>in the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year, or on October 1 of the current fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>for those districts under section 122A.415, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>    (b) (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) and section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>1
         </statute_ref>, the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>$75,636,000 for fiscal year 2007 and later. The commissioner must limit the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>of alternative teacher compensation aid approved under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.415</statute_ref> so as not to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>exceed these limits.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.40, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Lease purchase; installment buys.</b> (a) Upon application to, and approval <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>by, the commissioner in accordance with the procedures and limits in subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>paragraphs (a) and (b), a district, as defined in this subdivision, may:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>    (1) purchase real or personal property under an installment contract or may lease <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>real or personal property with an option to purchase under a lease purchase agreement, by <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>which installment contract or lease purchase agreement title is kept by the seller or vendor <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>or assigned to a third party as security for the purchase price, including interest, if any; and<br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>    (2) annually levy the amounts necessary to pay the district's obligations under the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>installment contract or lease purchase agreement.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>    (b) The obligation created by the installment contract or the lease purchase <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>agreement must not be included in the calculation of net debt for purposes of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>475.53
         </statute_ref>, and does not constitute debt under other law. An election is not required in <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>connection with the execution of the installment contract or the lease purchase agreement. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>    (c) The proceeds of the levy authorized by this subdivision must not be used to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>acquire a facility to be primarily used for athletic or school administration purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>    (d) For the purposes of this subdivision, "district" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>    (1) a racially isolated school district or a school district with a racially identifiable <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>school required to have a comprehensive desegregation or integration plan for the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>elimination of segregation under Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180, which <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>is eligible for revenue under section 124D.86, subdivision 3, clause (1), (2), or (3), <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>and whose plan has been determined by the commissioner to be in compliance with <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>Department of Education rules relating to equality of educational opportunity and school <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>desegregation and, for a district eligible for revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.86, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>clause (4) or (5), where the acquisition of property under this subdivision is determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>the commissioner to contribute to the implementation of the desegregation plan; or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>    (2) a school district that participates in a joint program for interdistrict desegregation <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>with a district defined in clause (1) if the facility acquired under this subdivision is to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>be primarily used for the joint program and the commissioner determines that the joint <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>programs are being undertaken to implement the districts' desegregation plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    (e) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the prohibition against a levy by a district to lease <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>or rent a district-owned building to itself does not apply to levies otherwise authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>by this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>    (f) For the purposes of this subdivision, any references in subdivision 1 to building <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>or land shall include personal property.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 127A.49, subdivision 2, is <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Abatements.</b> Whenever by virtue of chapter 278, sections 
         <statute_ref>270C.86</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>375.192
         </statute_ref>, or otherwise, the net tax capacity or referendum market value of any district for <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>any taxable year is changed after the taxes for that year have been spread by the county <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>auditor and the local tax rate as determined by the county auditor based upon the original <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>net tax capacity is applied upon the changed net tax capacities, the county auditor shall, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>prior to February 1 of each year, certify to the commissioner of education the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>any resulting net revenue loss that accrued to the district during the preceding year. Each <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>year, the commissioner shall pay an abatement adjustment to the district in an amount <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>calculated according to the provisions of this subdivision. This amount shall be deducted <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>from the amount of the levy authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>126C.46</statute_ref>. The amount of the abatement <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>adjustment must be the product of:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>    (1) the net revenue loss as certified by the county auditor, times<br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>    (2) the ratio of:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>    (i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>according to the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>    (A) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57</statute_ref>, if the district received health and safety aid according to that <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>    (B) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</statute_ref>, if the district received aid for community education programs <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>according to that section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>    (C) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>education aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref> for the second preceding year; <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>    (D) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, if the district received referendum equalization <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>aid according to that section for the second preceding year; <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>    (E) section 
<statute_ref>126C.13</statute_ref>, if the district received general education aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>section 
<statute_ref>126C.13, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (1), of that section in the second <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>    (F) (E) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13a</statute_ref>, if the district received operating capital aid <br/>
<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13b</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>    (G) (F) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 29</statute_ref>, if the district received equity aid according <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 30</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>    (H) (G) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 32</statute_ref>, if the district received transition aid <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 33</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>    (I) (H) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, if the district received debt service <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>equalization aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>    (J) (I) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.22, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received school-age care aid <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.22, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>    (K) (J) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.591, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received deferred maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.591, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>    (L) (K) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 35</statute_ref>, if the district received alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>compensation equalization aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 36</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>(a), in the second preceding year; to<br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>    (ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy in the third preceding December, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>plus or minus auditor's adjustments.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 127A.49, subdivision 3, is <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Excess tax increment.</b> (a) If a return of excess tax increment is made to a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>district pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>469.176, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>469.177, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, or upon <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>decertification of a tax increment district, the school district's aid and levy limitations <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>must be adjusted for the fiscal year in which the excess tax increment is paid under the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>provisions of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>    (b) An amount must be subtracted from the district's aid for the current fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>equal to the product of:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>    (1) the amount of the payment of excess tax increment to the district, times<br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>    (2) the ratio of:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>    (i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy for the fiscal year in which <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>the excess tax increment is paid according to the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>    (A) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.57</statute_ref>, if the district received health and safety aid according to that <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>    (B) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</statute_ref>, if the district received aid for community education programs <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>according to that section for the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>    (C) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>education aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref> for the second preceding year; <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>    (D) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.17, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, if the district received referendum equalization <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>aid according to that section for the second preceding year; <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>    (E) section 
<statute_ref>126C.13</statute_ref>, if the district received general education aid according to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>section 
<statute_ref>126C.13, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (1), of that section in the second <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>    (F) (E) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13a</statute_ref>, if the district received operating capital aid <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13b</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>    (G) (F) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 29</statute_ref>, if the district received equity aid according <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 30</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>    (H) (G) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 32</statute_ref>, if the district received transition aid <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 33</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>    (I) (H) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, if the district received debt service <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>equalization aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.53, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>    (J) (I) section 
         <statute_ref>124D.22, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received school-age care aid <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.22, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>    (K) (J) section 
         <statute_ref>123B.591, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, if the district received deferred maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.591, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, in the second preceding year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>    (L) (K) section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 35</statute_ref>, if the district received alternative teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>compensation equalization aid according to section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 36</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>(a), in the second preceding year; to<br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>    (ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy for the fiscal year, plus or minus <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>auditor's adjustments.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>    (c) An amount must be subtracted from the school district's levy limitation for the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>next levy certified equal to the difference between:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>    (1) the amount of the distribution of excess increment; and<br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>    (2) the amount subtracted from aid pursuant to clause (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>    If the aid and levy reductions required by this subdivision cannot be made to the aid <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>for the fiscal year specified or to the levy specified, the reductions must be made from <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>aid for subsequent fiscal years, and from subsequent levies. The school district must use <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>the payment of excess tax increment to replace the aid and levy revenue reduced under <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>    (d) This subdivision applies only to the total amount of excess increments received <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>by a district for a calendar year that exceeds $25,000.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.32, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>    Subd. 8a. <b>Access to student records; school conferences.</b> (a) A parent or guardian <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>of a student may designate an individual, defined under paragraph (c), to participate in a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>school conference involving the child of the parent or guardian. The parent or guardian <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>must provide the school with prior written consent allowing the significant individual to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>participate in the conference and to receive any data on the child of the consenting parent <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>or guardian that is necessary and relevant to the conference discussions. The consenting <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>parent or guardian may withdraw consent, in writing, at any time.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>    (b) A school may accept the following form, or another consent to release student <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>data form, as sufficient to meet the requirements of this subdivision:<br/>

<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var><b>RECEIVE STUDENT DATA</b><br/>

<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>........................................... (Name of child), consent to allow ...........................................
         <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>(Name of an individual) to participate in school conferences and receive student data <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>relating to the above-named child, consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 13.32, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>subdivision 8a. I understand that I may withdraw my consent, upon written request, at <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>any time.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="210px"/>
<col width="10"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">(Signature of parent or guardian)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">(Date)"<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>    (c) For purposes of this section, "an individual" means one additional adult <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>designated by a child's parent or guardian to attend school-related activities and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>conferences.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>later.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.32, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Data to improve instruction.</b> The Minnesota Department of Education <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education may each share educational data with <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>the other agency for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>consistent with Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.31(a)(6). The educational <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>data that may be shared between the two agencies under this subdivision must be limited <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>to:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>    (1) student attendance data that include the name of the school or institution, school <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>district, the year or term of attendance, and term type;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>    (2) student demographic and enrollment data;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>    (3) student academic performance and testing data; and<br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>    (4) any special academic services provided to a student.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>    Any analysis of or report on these data must contain only summary data.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.02, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var><b>120B.02 EDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR MINNESOTA'S </b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var><b>STUDENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>    (a) The legislature is committed to establishing rigorous academic standards for <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>Minnesota's public school students. To that end, the commissioner shall adopt in rule <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>statewide academic standards. The commissioner shall not prescribe in rule or otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>the delivery system, classroom assessments, or form of instruction that school sites must <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>use. For purposes of this chapter, a school site is a separate facility, or a separate program <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>within a facility that a local school board recognizes as a school site for funding purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>    (b) All commissioner actions regarding the rule must be premised on the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>    (1) the rule is intended to raise academic expectations for students, teachers, and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>schools;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>    (2) any state action regarding the rule must evidence consideration of school district <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>autonomy; and<br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>    (3) the Department of Education, with the assistance of school districts, must make <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>available information about all state initiatives related to the rule to students and parents, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>teachers, and the general public in a timely format that is appropriate, comprehensive, and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>readily understandable.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>    (c) When fully implemented, the requirements for high school graduation in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>Minnesota must require students to satisfactorily complete, as determined by the school <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>district, the course credit requirements under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.024</statute_ref> and: successfully pass <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>graduation examinations required under section 120B.30.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>    (1) for students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, to pass the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>basic skills test requirements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>    (2) for students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, to pass <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments Second Edition (MCA-IIs).<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>    (d) The commissioner shall periodically review and report on the state's assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>process.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>    (e) School districts are not required to adopt specific provisions of the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>School-to-Work programs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Required academic standards.</b> The following subject areas are <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>required for statewide accountability:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>    (1) language arts;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>    (2) mathematics;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>    (3) science;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>    (4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>citizenship;<br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>    (5) health and physical education, for which locally developed academic standards <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>apply; and<br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>    (6) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>    The commissioner must submit proposed standards in science and social studies to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>the legislature by February 1, 2004.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>plan team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>An individualized education plan team that makes this determination must establish <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>alternative standards with appropriate alternate achievement standards based on these <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>academic standards for students with individualized education plans.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>    A school district, no later than the 2007-2008 school year, must adopt graduation <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>requirements that meet or exceed state graduation requirements established in law or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>rule. A school district that incorporates these state graduation requirements before the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>2007-2008 school year must provide students who enter the 9th grade in or before <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>the 2003-2004 school year the opportunity to earn a diploma based on existing locally <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>established graduation requirements in effect when the students entered the 9th grade. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a result <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>120B.10</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>120B.11</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>and 
         <statute_ref>120B.20</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>    The commissioner must include the contributions of Minnesota American Indian <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>tribes and communities as they relate to the academic standards during the review and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>revision of the required academic standards.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.023, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Revisions and reviews required.</b> (a) The commissioner of education must <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>and graduation requirements and implement a review cycle for state academic standards <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>and related benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each review cycle, the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for college readiness and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>advanced work in the particular subject area.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>    (b) The commissioner in the 2006-2007 school year must revise and align the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in mathematics to require <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised mathematics standards, beginning in the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>2010-2011 school year. Under the revised standards:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>    (1) students must satisfactorily complete an algebra I credit by the end of eighth <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>grade; and<br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>    (2) students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 school year or later must <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>satisfactorily complete an algebra II credit or its equivalent.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>The commissioner also must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 beginning in the 2010-2011 school <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>year are aligned with the state academic standards in mathematics. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>must ensure that the statewide 11th grade mathematics test assessment administered to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>students under clause (2) in grade 11 beginning in the 2013-2014 school year must <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>include is aligned with state academic standards in mathematics, including algebra II test <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>items that are aligned with corresponding state academic standards in mathematics. The <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related benchmarks <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>in mathematics beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>    (c) The commissioner in the 2007-2008 school year must revise and align the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in the arts to require that <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>students satisfactorily complete the revised arts standards beginning in the 2010-2011 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>related benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>    (d) The commissioner in the 2008-2009 school year must revise and align the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>state's academic standards and high school graduation requirements in science to require <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised science standards, beginning in the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>2011-2012 school year. The commissioner also must ensure that the statewide science <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>assessments administered to students under section 120B.30, subdivision 1a, beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>in the 2011-2012 school year, are aligned with the state academic standards in science. <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>Under the revised standards, students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 school year <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>or later must satisfactorily complete a chemistry or physics credit. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>must implement a review of the academic standards and related benchmarks in science <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>    (e) The commissioner in the 2009-2010 school year must revise and align the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in language arts to require <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised language arts standards beginning in the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>2012-2013 school year. The commissioner also must ensure that the statewide language <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>arts assessments administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and grade 10 beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>in the 2012-2013 school year are aligned with the state academic standards in language <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>arts. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>    (f) The commissioner in the 2010-2011 school year must revise and align the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in social studies to require <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised social studies standards beginning in the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>2013-2014 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>standards and related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>    (g) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>standards and high school graduation requirements in health, physical education, world <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>languages, and career and technical education to require students to complete the revised <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>standards beginning in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>School districts and charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>the academic standards and related benchmarks in health, physical education, world <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>languages, and career and technical education.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.131, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Reimbursement for examination fees.</b> The state may reimburse <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>college-level examination program (CLEP) fees for a Minnesota public or nonpublic high <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>school student who has successfully completed one or more college-level courses in high <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>school in the subject matter of each examination in the following subjects: composition <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>and literature, mathematics and science, social sciences and history, foreign languages, and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>business and humanities. The state may reimburse each student for up to six examination <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>fees. The commissioner shall establish application procedures and a process and schedule <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>for fee reimbursements. The commissioner must give priority to reimburse the CLEP <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>examination fees of students of low-income families.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Report.</b> (a) By October 1 of each year, the school board shall use standard <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>statewide reporting procedures the commissioner develops and adopt a report that includes <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>    (1) student achievement goals for meeting state academic standards;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>    (2) results of local assessment data, and any additional test data;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>    (3) evidence of student achievement in subject areas under section 120B.021, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>subdivision 1, for which locally developed or statewide academic standards apply and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>statewide assessments are not developed, and which shall be presented at a local public <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>meeting convened for the purpose of presenting the evidence;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>    (3) (4) the annual school district improvement plans including staff development <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>goals under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>    (4) (5) information about district and learning site progress in realizing previously <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>adopted improvement plans; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>    (5) (6) the amount and type of revenue attributed to each education site as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.04</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>    (b) The school board shall publish the report in the local newspaper with the largest <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>circulation in the district, by mail, or by electronic means such as the district Web site. If <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>electronic means are used, school districts must publish notice of the report in a periodical <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>of general circulation in the district. School districts must make copies of the report <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>available to the public on request. The board shall make a copy of the report available to <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>the public for inspection. The board shall send a copy of the report to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>of education by October 15 of each year.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    (c) The title of the report shall contain the name and number of the school district and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>read "Annual Report on Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Achievement." The report <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>must include at least the following information about advisory committee membership:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>    (1) the name of each committee member and the date when that member's term <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>expires;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>    (2) the method and criteria the school board uses to select committee members; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>    (3) the date by which a community resident must apply to next serve on the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>committee.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 120B.15, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var><b>120B.15 GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>    (a) School districts may identify students, locally develop programs, provide <br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>staff development, and evaluate programs to provide gifted and talented students with <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>challenging educational programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>    (b) School districts may adopt guidelines for assessing and identifying students for <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>participation in gifted and talented programs. The guidelines should include the use of:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>    (1) multiple and objective criteria; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>    (2) assessments and procedures that are valid and reliable, fair, and based on current <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>theory and research.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>    (3) an identification appeals process.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>    (c) School districts must adopt procedures for the academic acceleration of gifted <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>and talented students. These procedures must include how the district will:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>    (1) assess a student's readiness and motivation for acceleration; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>    (2) match the level, complexity, and pace of the curriculum to a student to achieve <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>the best type of academic acceleration for that student.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>    Sec. 9. <b>[120B.194] FIREARMS SAFETY CURRICULUM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>    School districts must allow secondary students to receive firearms safety instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>and complete a firearms safety certification program. The curriculum, instruction, and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>program certification requirements must be consistent with the firearms safety program for <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>youth developed by the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Displayed by schools.</b> Every public school and charter school in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>Minnesota must display an appropriate United States flag when in session. The flag shall <br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>be displayed upon the school grounds or outside the school building, on a proper staff, on <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>every legal holiday occurring during the school term and at such other times as the board <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>of the district may direct. The flag must be displayed within the principal rooms of the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>school building at all other times while school is in session.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>School boards to provide flags and staffs.</b> (a) The board must provide <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>the flag for each of the school buildings in their districts, together with a suitable staff to <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>display the flag outside of the school building and proper arrangement to display the flag <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>in the building, and a suitable receptacle for the safekeeping of the flag when not in use.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>    (b) A charter school board of directors that leases space from a public entity also <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>must provide the flag for its charter school, together with a suitable staff to display the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>flag outside of the charter school building and proper arrangement to display the flag in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>the building, and a suitable receptacle for the safekeeping of the flag when not in use.  A <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>charter school board of directors that leases space from a nonpublic entity must address <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>the requirement under this subdivision to provide flags and staff in its lease.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>later.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>    Sec. 12. <b>[121A.231] RESPONSIBLE FAMILY LIFE AND SEXUALITY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var><b>EDUCATION PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) "Responsible family life and sexuality education" <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>means education in grades 7 through 12 that:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>    (1) respects community values, marriage, and encourages family communication;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>    (2) develops skills in communication, decision making, and conflict resolution;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>    (3) contributes to healthy relationships;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>    (4) provides human development and sexuality education that is age-appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>and medically accurate;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>    (5) includes an abstinence-first approach to delaying initiation of sexual activity that <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>emphasizes abstinence while also including education about contraception and disease <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>prevention; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>    (6) promotes individual responsibility.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>    (b) "Age-appropriate" refers to topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>particular ages or age groups of children and adolescents, based on developing cognitive, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>    (c) "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by research conducted in <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>compliance with scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed journals, where <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>appropriate, and recognized as accurate and objective by professional organizations <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>and agencies in the relevant field, such as the federal Centers for Disease Control <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>and Prevention, the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>Pediatrics, or the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Curriculum requirements.</b> (a) Consistent with its curriculum review <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>cycle under section 120B.11, or no later than the start of the 2011-2012 school year, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>whichever comes first, a school district must offer and may independently establish <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>policies, procedures, curriculum, and services for providing responsible family life and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>sexuality education that is age-appropriate and medically accurate for grades 7 through 12.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>    (b) A school district must consult with parents or guardians of enrolled students <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>when establishing policies, procedures, curriculum, and services under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Notice and parental options.</b> (a) It is the legislature's intent to encourage <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>pupils to communicate with their parents or guardians about human sexuality and to respect <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>rights of parents or guardians to supervise their children's education on these subjects.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>    (b) Parents or guardians may excuse their children from all or part of a responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>family life and sexuality education program.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>    (c) A school district must establish policies and procedures consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>paragraph (e) and this section for providing parents or guardians reasonable notice with <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>the following information:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>    (1) if the district is offering a responsible family life and sexuality education program <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>to the parents' or guardians' child during the course of the year;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>    (2) how the parents or guardians may inspect the written and audiovisual educational <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>materials used in the program and the process for inspection;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>    (3) if the program is presented by school district personnel or outside consultants, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>and if outside consultants are used, who they may be; and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>    (4) parents' or guardians' right to choose not to have the child participate in the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>program and the procedure for exercising that right.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>    (d) A school district must establish policies and procedures for reasonably restricting <br/>
<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>the availability of written and audiovisual educational materials from public view of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.36"></a><var>20.36</var>students who have been excused from all or part of a responsible family life and sexuality <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>education program at the request of a parent or guardian, consistent with paragraph (e) <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>and this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>    (e) A school district may develop a policy for a parent, guardian, or adult student <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>age 18 or older to review the content of the instructional materials under this section. If a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>school district develops a policy, it must make reasonable arrangements with school <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>personnel for alternative instruction for those pupils whose parents or guardians object to <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>the content of the instruction, and must not impose an academic or other penalty upon a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>pupil for arranging the alternative instruction. School personnel may evaluate and assess <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>the quality of the pupil's work completed as part of the alternative instruction.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Assistance to school districts.</b> (a) The Department of Education may offer <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>services to school districts under paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (12), to the extent funds are <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>available, to help them implement effective responsible family life and sexuality education <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>programs. In making these services available, the department may provide:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>    (1) training for teachers, parents, and community members in the development of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>responsible family life and sexuality education curriculum or services and in planning <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>for monitoring and evaluation activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    (2) resource staff persons to provide expert training, curriculum development and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>implementation, and evaluation services;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>    (3) technical assistance to promote and coordinate community, parent, and youth <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>forums in communities identified as having high needs for responsible family life and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>sexuality education; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>    (4) technical assistance for issue management and policy development training for <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>school boards, superintendents, principals, and administrators across the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>    (b) Technical assistance in accordance with National Health Education Standards <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>provided by the department to school districts may:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>    (1) promote instruction and use of materials that are age-appropriate;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>    (2) provide information that is medically accurate and objective;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>    (3) provide instruction and promote use of materials that are respectful of marriage <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>and commitments in relationships;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>    (4) provide instruction and promote use of materials that are appropriate for use <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>with pupils and family experiences based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnic <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>and cultural background, and appropriately accommodate alternative learning based on <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>language or disability;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>    (5) provide instruction and promote use of materials that encourage pupils to <br/>
<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>communicate with their parents or guardians about human sexuality;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>    (6) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that teach <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>abstinence from sexual intercourse as the only certain way to prevent unintended <br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, chlamydia, and human <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>papillomavirus (HPV), and provide information about the role and value of abstinence <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>while also providing medically accurate information on other methods of preventing and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>reducing risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections; <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>    (7) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that are <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>medically accurate in explaining transmission modes, risks, symptoms, and treatments for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, chlamydia, and HPV;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>    (8) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that address <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>varied societal views on sexuality, sexual behaviors, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>infections, including HIV, chlamydia, and HPV, in an age-appropriate manner;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>    (9) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that provide <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>information about the effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved methods for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>preventing and reducing risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>including HIV, chlamydia, and HPV;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>    (10) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that provide <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>instruction in skills for making and implementing responsible decisions about sexuality;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>    (11) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that provide <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>instruction in skills for making and implementing responsible decisions about finding and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>using health services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>    (12) provide instruction and promote use of age-appropriate materials that do not <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>teach or promote religious doctrine or bias against a religion or reflect or promote bias <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>against any person on the basis of any category protected under the Minnesota Human <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>Rights Act, chapter 363A.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility; board composition.</b> Except for the representatives of higher <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>education and the public, to be eligible for appointment to the Board of Teaching a person <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>must be a teacher currently teaching in a Minnesota school and fully licensed for the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>position held and have at least five years teaching experience in Minnesota, including the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>two years immediately preceding nomination and appointment. Each nominee, other than <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>a public nominee, must be selected on the basis of professional experience and knowledge <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>of teacher education, accreditation, and licensure. The board must be composed of:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>    (1) six teachers who are currently teaching in a Minnesota school or who were <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>teaching at the time of the appointment, at least four of whom must be teaching in a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>public school;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>    (2) one higher education representative, who must be a faculty member preparing <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>teachers;<br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>    (3) one school administrator; and<br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>    (4) three members of the public, two of whom must be present or former members <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>of school boards.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Vacant position.</b> With the exception of a teacher who retires from teaching <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>during the course of completing a board term, the position of a member who leaves <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>Minnesota or whose employment status changes to a category different from that from <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>which appointed is deemed vacant.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>    Subd. 4. <b>License and rules.</b> (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>    (b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to successfully complete a skills <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>licensure. Such rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>achieve a qualifying score on the skills examination, including those for whom English is <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>a second language.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>    (c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>of chapter 14.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>    (d) The board must provide the leadership and shall adopt rules for the redesign of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>teacher education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>that focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>new systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness <br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>based on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>The board must require that persons enrolled in a teacher preparation program receive <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>instruction in historical and cultural competencies related to Minnesota American <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>Indian tribes and communities and their contributions to Minnesota, consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>sections 120B.021, subdivision 1,  and 124D.71 to 124D.82. The competencies related <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>to Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities must include, among other <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>components, standards for instructional practices most effective for successfully teaching <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>elementary and secondary American Indian students.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>    (e) The board must adopt rules requiring successful completion of an examination <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific teaching <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>skills. The rules shall be effective on the dates determined by the board but not later <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>than September 1, 2001.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>    (f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>    (g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>    (h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>    (i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>    (j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.20</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>214.10
         </statute_ref>. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>    (k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>    (l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>    (m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing <br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading <br/>
<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>preparation, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>122A.06, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. The rules do not take effect <br/>
<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at <br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>    (n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>adolescents.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>later. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.14, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Gifted and talented preparation.</b> A university approved by the board to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>prepare candidates for administrative licensure must provide candidates, as part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>traditional and alternative preparation programs, the opportunity to acquire competency in <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>administering gifted and talented services.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>and applies to candidates who enroll in either a traditional or an alternative preparation <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>administrator licensure program after August 15, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.14, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>    Subd. 2c. <b>Gifted and talented preparation; board review.</b> (a) The board must <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>periodically review and approve traditional and alternative preparation sequences for <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>school administrators and the sequence of competencies in administering gifted and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>talented student programs and services.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>    (b) The board also may advise a university on developing and implementing <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>continuing education programs focused on building competencies for administering gifted <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>and talented programs and other gifted services.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.18, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Gifted and talented preparation; board review.</b> (a) A college or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>university with a teacher preparation program approved by the board must provide teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>candidates with the opportunity to acquire competency in recognizing gifted students and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>in providing classroom instruction to gifted and talented students.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>    (b) The board must periodically review and approve traditional and alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>sequences for teacher candidates in recognizing gifted students and in providing classroom <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>instruction to gifted and talented students.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>and applies to teacher candidates who enroll in either a traditional or an alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>preparation teacher licensure program after September 1, 2009.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.60, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var><b>122A.60 STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Staff development committee.</b> A school board must use the revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>authorized in section 
         <statute_ref>122A.61</statute_ref> for in-service education for programs under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>120B.22, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, or for staff development plans under this section. The board <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>must establish an advisory staff development committee to develop the plan, assist site <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>professional development teams in developing a site plan consistent with the goals of the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>plan, and evaluate staff development efforts at the site level. A majority of the advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>committee and the site professional development team must be teachers representing <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>various grade levels, subject areas, and special education. The advisory committee must <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>also include nonteaching staff, parents, and administrators.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Effective staff development activities.</b> (a) Staff development activities <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>must be aligned with the district and school site staff development plans, based on student <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>achievement data, focused on student learning goals, and used in the classroom setting. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>Activities must:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>    (1) focus on the school classroom and research-based strategies that improve student <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>learning;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>    (2) provide opportunities for teachers to practice and improve their instructional <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>skills over time;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>    (3) provide regular opportunities for teachers to use student data as part of their <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>daily work to increase student achievement;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>    (4) enhance teacher content knowledge and instructional skills;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>    (5) align with state and local academic standards;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>    (6) provide job-embedded or integrated professional development opportunities <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>during teacher contract day to build professional relationships, foster collaboration among <br/>
<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>principals and staff who provide instruction to identify instructional strategies to meet <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>student learning goals, plan for instruction, practice new teaching strategies, review <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>the results of implementing strategies, and provide opportunities for teacher-to-teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>coaching and mentoring; and<br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>    (7) align with the plan of the district or site for an alternative teacher professional <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>pay system.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>Staff development activities may also include curriculum development and curriculum <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>training programs, and activities that provide teachers and other members of site-based <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>teams training to enhance team performance. The school district also may implement other <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>staff development activities required by law and activities associated with professional <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>teacher compensation models.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>    (b) Release time provided for teachers to supervise students on field trips and school <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>activities, or independent tasks not associated with enhancing the teacher's knowledge <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>and instructional skills, such as preparing report cards, calculating grades, or organizing <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>classroom materials, may not be counted as staff development time that is financed with <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>staff development reserved revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.61</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Contents of the plan.</b> The plan must be based on student achievement and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>include student learning goals, the staff development outcomes under subdivision 3, the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>means to achieve the outcomes, and procedures for evaluating progress at each school <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>site toward meeting education outcomes.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Staff development outcomes.</b> The advisory staff development committee <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>must adopt a staff development plan for increasing teacher effectiveness and improving <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>student achievement. The plan must be consistent with education outcomes that the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>school board determines. The plan must include ongoing staff development activities that <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>contribute toward continuous improvement in achievement of the following goals:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>    (1) improve student achievement of state and local education standards in all areas <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>of the curriculum by using research-based best practices methods;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>    (2) effectively meet the needs of a diverse student population, including at-risk <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>children, English language learners, children with disabilities, and gifted children, within <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>the regular classroom and other settings;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>    (3) provide an inclusive curriculum for a racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>student population that is consistent with the state education diversity rule and the district's <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>education diversity plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>    (4) improve staff collaboration and develop mentoring and peer coaching programs <br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>for teachers new to the school or district or in their first five years of teaching;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    (5) effectively teach and model violence prevention policy and curriculum that <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>address early intervention alternatives, issues of harassment, and teach nonviolent <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>alternatives for conflict resolution; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>    (6) provide teachers and other members of site-based management teams with <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>appropriate management and financial management skills.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Staff development report.</b> (a) By October 15 1 of each year, the district <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>and site staff development committees shall write and submit a report of staff development <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>activities and expenditures for the previous year, in the form and manner determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>the commissioner. The report, signed by the district superintendent and staff development <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>chair, must include assessment and evaluation data indicating progress toward district and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>site staff development goals based on teaching and learning outcomes, including the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>percentage of teachers and other staff involved in instruction who participate in effective <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>staff development activities under subdivision 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>    (b) The report must break down expenditures for:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>    (1) curriculum development and curriculum training programs; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>    (2) staff development training models, workshops, and conferences, and the cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>releasing teachers or providing substitute teachers for staff development purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>    The report also must indicate whether the expenditures were incurred at the district <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>level or the school site level, and whether the school site expenditures were made possible <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>by grants to school sites that demonstrate exemplary use of allocated staff development <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>revenue. These expenditures must be reported using the uniform financial and accounting <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>and reporting standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>    (c) The commissioner shall report the staff development progress and expenditure <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>data to the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>education by February 15 each year.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Staff development revenue.</b> A district is required to reserve <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>an amount equal to at least two percent of the basic revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, for in-service education for programs under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.22, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>for with the primary purpose of creating and implementing district and school site staff <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>development plans, including. Funds may also be used to support plans for challenging <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>instructional activities and experiences under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref>, and for curriculum <br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>development and programs, other in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>conferences, the cost of substitute teachers staff development purposes, preservice and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>in-service education for special education professionals and paraprofessionals, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>related costs for staff development efforts. A district may annually waive the requirement <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>to reserve their basic revenue under this section if a majority vote of the licensed teachers <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>in the district and a majority vote of the school board agree to a resolution to waive the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>requirement. A district in statutory operating debt is exempt from reserving basic revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>according to this section. Districts may expend an additional amount of unreserved <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>revenue for staff development based on their needs. With the exception of amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>reserved for staff development from revenues allocated directly to school sites, the board <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>must initially allocate 50 percent of the reserved revenue to each school site in the district <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>on a per teacher basis, which must be retained by the school site until used. The board may <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>retain 25 percent to be used for district wide staff development efforts. The remaining <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>25 percent of the revenue must be used to make grants to school sites for best practices <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>methods. A grant may be used for any purpose authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.22, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref>, or for the costs of curriculum development and programs, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>other in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, substitute teachers <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>for staff development purposes, and other staff development efforts, and determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>the site professional development team. The site professional development team must <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>demonstrate to the school board the extent to which staff at the site have met the outcomes <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>of the program. The board may withhold a portion of initial allocation of revenue if the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>staff development outcomes are not being met. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Services.</b> An Administrators Academy is established. The academy <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>shall provide at least the following services:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>    (1) an administrator assessment that results in an individual professional <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>development plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>    (2) research and development assistance that provides current research and data <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>of interest to administrators; and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>    (3) brokerage assistance to provide services and resources to help administrators <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>with needs identified in their individual professional development plan; and<br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>    (4) the opportunity for administrators to acquire competency in administering gifted <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>and talented services, consistent with section 122A.14, subdivision 2c.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>and applies to administrators participating in an administrators academy program after <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>August 1, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Contract; duties.</b> All districts maintaining a classified secondary <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>school must employ a superintendent who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent must be <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>vested in the board in all cases. An individual employed by a board as a superintendent <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>shall have an initial employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>from the date of employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>period of three years. A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>contract. A board must not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>employment contract. Beginning 365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>employment contract, a board may negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>contract to take effect upon the expiration of the existing contract. A subsequent contract <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>must be contingent upon the employee completing the terms of an existing contract. If a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>contract between a board and a superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>the contract, the board may not enter into another superintendent contract with that same <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>individual that has a term that extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract for any <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>of the grounds specified in section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 9</statute_ref> or 13. A superintendent shall <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing contract <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>rights in the position of superintendent under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40</statute_ref>. Notwithstanding the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 10</statute_ref> or 11, 
         <statute_ref>123A.32</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.75</statute_ref>, or any other law <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>to the contrary, no individual shall have a right to employment as a superintendent based <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>on order of employment in any district. If two or more districts enter into an agreement for <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>the purchase or sharing of the services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>the absolute right to select one of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>in one of the contracting districts and no individual has a right to employment as the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>superintendent to provide all or part of the services based on order of employment in a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>contracting district. The superintendent of a district shall perform the following: <br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>    (1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>    (2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>    (3) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>    (4) make reports required by the commissioner; and<br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>    (5) by January 10, submit an annual report to the commissioner in a manner <br/>
<a id="pl.30.36"></a><var>30.36</var>prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation with school districts, identifying the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>expenditures that the district requires to ensure an 80 percent student passage rate on <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>the MCA-IIs taken in the eighth grade, identifying the highest student passage rate the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>district expects it will be able to attain on the MCA-IIs by grade 12, and the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>expenditures that the district requires to attain the targeted student passage rate; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>    (6) perform other duties prescribed by the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>School boards may require fees.</b> (a) For purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>subdivision, "home school" means a home school as defined in sections 
         <statute_ref>120A.22</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>120A.24
         </statute_ref> with five or fewer students receiving instruction. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>    (b) A school board is authorized to require payment of fees in the following areas:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>    (1) in any program where the resultant product, in excess of minimum requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>and at the pupil's option, becomes the personal property of the pupil;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>    (2) admission fees or charges for extracurricular activities, where attendance <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>is optional and where the admission fees or charges a student must pay to attend or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>participate in an extracurricular activity is the same for all students, regardless of whether <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>the student is enrolled in a public or a home school;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>    (3) a security deposit for the return of materials, supplies, or equipment;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>    (4) personal physical education and athletic equipment and apparel, although any <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>pupil may personally provide it if it meets reasonable requirements and standards relating <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>to health and safety established by the board;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>    (5) items of personal use or products that a student has an option to purchase such as <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>student publications, class rings, annuals, and graduation announcements;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>    (6) fees specifically permitted by any other statute, including but not limited to <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>171.05, subdivision 2</statute_ref>; provided (i) driver education fees do not exceed the actual <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>cost to the school and school district of providing driver education, and (ii) the driver <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>education courses are open to enrollment to persons between the ages of 15 and 18 who <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>reside or attend school in the school district; <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>    (7) field trips considered supplementary to a district educational program;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>    (8) any authorized voluntary student health and accident benefit plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>    (9) for the use of musical instruments owned or rented by the district, a reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>rental fee not to exceed either the rental cost to the district or the annual depreciation plus <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>the actual annual maintenance cost for each instrument;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>    (10) transportation of pupils to and from extracurricular activities conducted at <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>locations other than school, where attendance is optional, and transportation of charter <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>school students participating in extracurricular activities in their resident district under <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>section 123B.49, subdivision 4
<statute_ref></statute_ref>, paragraph (a), which must be charged to the charter school;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>    (11) transportation to and from school of pupils living within two miles from school <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>and all other transportation services not required by law. If a district charges fees for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>transportation of pupils, it must establish guidelines for that transportation to ensure that <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>no pupil is denied transportation solely because of inability to pay;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>    (12) motorcycle classroom education courses conducted outside of regular school <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>hours; provided the charge must not exceed the actual cost of these courses to the school <br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>district;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>    (13) transportation to and from postsecondary institutions for pupils enrolled under <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>the postsecondary enrollment options program under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.88, subdivision 22</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>Fees collected for this service must be reasonable and must be used to reduce the cost <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>of operating the route. Families who qualify for mileage reimbursement under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>124D.09, subdivision 22
         </statute_ref>, may use their state mileage reimbursement to pay this fee. If no <br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>fee is charged, districts must allocate costs based on the number of pupils riding the route. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.49, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Board control of extracurricular activities.</b> (a) The board may take <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>charge of and control all extracurricular activities of the teachers and children of the public <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>schools in the district. Extracurricular activities means all direct and personal services for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>pupils for their enjoyment that are managed and operated under the guidance of an adult <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>or staff member. The board shall allow all resident pupils receiving instruction in a home <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>school as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.36, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), and all resident pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>receiving instruction in a charter school as defined in section 124D.10
<statute_ref></statute_ref> to be eligible to <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>fully participate in extracurricular activities on the same basis as public school students. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>enrolled in the district's schools. A charter school student must give the enrolling charter <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>school and the resident school district at least a 30-day notice of the student's intent to <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>participate in an extracurricular activity in the resident district. Before a charter school <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>student begins participating in an extracurricular activity in the resident district, the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>charter school must agree in writing to pay the amount attributable to that student that the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>district may charge to the charter school under paragraph (f). A charter school student <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>is not eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity in the resident district if that <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>extracurricular activity is offered by the enrolling charter school or the extracurricular <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>activity is not controlled by the high school league under chapter 128C. Charter school <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>students participating in extracurricular activities must meet the academic and student <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>conduct requirements of the resident district. The charter school must:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>    (1) collect the same information that a district collects on a student's eligibility to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>participate in an extracurricular activity;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>    (2) transmit that information to the district at least ten days before a student begins <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>to participate in the extracurricular activity; and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>    (3) immediately transmit to the district any additional information affecting the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>student's eligibility.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>    (b) Extracurricular activities have all of the following characteristics:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>    (1) they are not offered for school credit nor required for graduation;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>    (2) they are generally conducted outside school hours, or if partly during school <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>hours, at times agreed by the participants, and approved by school authorities;<br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>    (3) the content of the activities is determined primarily by the pupil participants <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>under the guidance of a staff member or other adult.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>    (c) If the board does not take charge of and control extracurricular activities, these <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>activities shall be self-sustaining with all expenses, except direct salary costs and indirect <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>costs of the use of school facilities, met by dues, admissions, or other student fund-raising <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>events. The general fund must reflect only those salaries directly related to and readily <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>identified with the activity and paid by public funds. Other revenues and expenditures for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>extra curricular activities must be recorded according to the Manual for Activity Fund <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>Accounting. Extracurricular activities not under board control must have an annual <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>financial audit and must also be audited annually for compliance with this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>    (d) If the board takes charge of and controls extracurricular activities, any or all <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>costs of these activities may be provided from school revenues and all revenues and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>expenditures for these activities shall be recorded in the same manner as other revenues <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>and expenditures of the district.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>    (e) If the board takes charge of and controls extracurricular activities, the teachers or <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>pupils in the district must not participate in such activity, nor shall the school name or any <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>allied name be used in connection therewith, except by consent and direction of the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>    (f) School districts may charge charter schools for each student for each activity the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>lesser of one-half of the statewide average per pupil expenditure on student activities <br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>and athletics as measured by the most recent edition of School District Profiles posted <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>to the Department of Education's Web site, or their proportional share of the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>the extracurricular activities that are not covered by student fees under section 123B.36, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>subdivision 1
<statute_ref></statute_ref>, ticket revenues, fund-raising efforts, sponsorships, or other income <br/>
<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>generated for those activities for which the charter school is charged. A district may charge <br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>charter school students the same fees it charges enrolled students to participate in an <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>extracurricular activity. All charges to a charter school and charter school students must be <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>paid when the charter school students are selected to participate in the activity. A district is <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>not required to provide transportation from the charter school to the resident district for a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>charter school student who participates in an extracurricular activity in the resident district.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.51, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>    Subd. 5a. <b>Temporary closing.</b> A school district that proposes to temporarily close a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>schoolhouse or that intends to lease the facility to another entity for use as a schoolhouse <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>for three or fewer years is not subject to subdivision 5 if the school board holds a public <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>meeting and allows public comment on the schoolhouse's future.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.57, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Uses of health and safety revenue.</b> (a) Health and safety revenue may <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>be used only for approved expenditures necessary to correct fire and life safety hazards, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>or for the removal or encapsulation of asbestos from school buildings or property <br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>owned or being acquired by the district, asbestos-related repairs, cleanup and disposal <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings or property owned or being <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>acquired by the district, or the cleanup, removal, disposal, and repairs related to storing <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>heating fuel or transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>296A.01</statute_ref>, Minnesota occupational safety and health administration <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>regulated facility and equipment hazards, indoor air quality mold abatement, upgrades <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>or replacement of mechanical ventilation systems to meet American Society of Heating, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers standards and State Mechanical Code, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>Department of Health Food Code and swimming pool hazards excluding depth correction, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>and health, safety, and environmental management. Testing and calibration activities are <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>permitted for existing mechanical ventilation systems at intervals no less than every five <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>years. Health and safety revenue must not be used to finance a lease purchase agreement, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement. Health and safety <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>revenue must not be used for the construction of new facilities or the purchase of portable <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>classrooms, for interest or other financing expenses, or for energy efficiency projects <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.65</statute_ref>. The revenue may not be used for a building or property or part <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration or for a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), health and safety revenue must not be used for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>replacement of building materials or facilities including roof, walls, windows, internal <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>fixtures and flooring, nonhealth and safety costs associated with demolition of facilities, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>structural repair or replacement of facilities due to unsafe conditions, violence prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>and facility security, ergonomics, building and heating, ventilating and air conditioning <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>supplies, maintenance, and cleaning activities. All assessments, investigations, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>inventories, and support equipment not leading to the engineering or construction of a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>project shall be included in the health, safety, and environmental management costs in <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>subdivision 8, paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>    (c) Health and safety revenue may be used for basic first aid training, focusing on <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>CPR and the use of automatic external defibrillators.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>    (d) Health and safety revenue may be used to contract for a site-specific evaluation <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>and impact report on the health and environmental effects of the use or installation of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>synthetic turf on an athletic playing field on school property.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.71, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Information required.</b> A school board proposing to construct a facility <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>described in subdivision 8 shall submit to the commissioner a proposal containing <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>information including at least the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>    (1) the geographic area and population to be served, preschool through grade 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>student enrollments for the past five years, and student enrollment projections for the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>next five years;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>    (2) a list of existing facilities by year constructed, their uses, and an assessment of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>the extent to which alternate facilities are available within the school district boundaries <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>and in adjacent school districts;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>    (3) a list of the specific deficiencies of the facility that demonstrate the need for a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>new or renovated facility to be provided, and a list of the specific benefits that the new <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>or renovated facility will provide to the students, teachers, and community users served <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>by the facility;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>    (4) the relationship of the project to any priorities established by the school district, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>educational cooperatives that provide support services, or other public bodies in the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>service area;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>    (5) a specification of how the project will increase community use of the facility <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>and whether and how the project will increase collaboration with other governmental or <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>nonprofit entities;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>    (6) a description of the project, including the specification of site and outdoor space <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>acreage and square footage allocations for classrooms, laboratories, and support spaces; <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>estimated expenditures for the major portions of the project; and the dates the project will <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>begin and be completed;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>    (7) a specification of the source of financing the project; the scheduled date for <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>a bond issue or school board action; a schedule of payments, including debt service <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>equalization aid; and the effect of a bond issue on local property taxes by the property <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>class and valuation;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>    (8) an analysis of how the proposed new or remodeled facility will affect school <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>district operational or administrative staffing costs, and how the district's operating budget <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>will cover any increased operational or administrative staffing costs;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>    (9) a description of the consultation with local or state road and transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>officials on school site access and safety issues, and the ways that the project will address <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>those issues;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>    (10) a description of how indoor air quality issues have been considered and a <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>certification that the architects and engineers designing the facility will have professional <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>liability insurance;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>    (11) as required under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.72</statute_ref>, for buildings coming into service after <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>July 1, 2002, a certification that the plans and designs for the extensively renovated or <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>new facility's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems will meet or exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>code standards; will provide for the monitoring of outdoor airflow and total airflow of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>ventilation systems; and will provide an indoor air quality filtration system that meets <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>ASHRAE standard 52.1;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>    (12) a specification of any desegregation requirements that cannot be met by any <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>other reasonable means;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>    (13) a specification, if applicable, of how the facility will utilize environmentally <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>sustainable school facility design concepts; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>    (14) a description of how the architects and engineers have considered the American <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>National Standards Institute Acoustical Performance Criteria, Design Requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>and Guidelines for Schools of the maximum background noise level and reverberation <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>times; and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>    (15) for projects that include installation of synthetic turf on an athletic playing <br/>
<a id="pl.36.36"></a><var>36.36</var>field, a site-specific evaluation and impact report on the health and environmental effects <br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>of the use or installation of synthetic turf on an athletic playing field on school property. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>For purposes of this section, "synthetic turf" means any materials or compositions that <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>include crumb rubber used in the place of grass to surface parks, outdoor athletic playing <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>fields, indoor athletic facilities, or other venues; and "crumb rubber" means ground rubber <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>derived from waste tires, which contain one or more of the following: acetone, arsenic, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>cadmium, chromium, lead, vanadium, or zinc.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 124D.095, subdivision 4, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Online learning parameters.</b> (a) An online learning student must receive <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>academic credit for completing the requirements of an online learning course or program. <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>Secondary credits granted to an online learning student must be counted toward the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>graduation and credit requirements of the enrolling district. An online learning provider <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>must make available to the enrolling district the course syllabus, standard alignment, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>content outline, assessment requirements, and contact information for supplemental online <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>courses taken by students in the enrolling district. The enrolling district must apply the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>same graduation requirements to all students, including online learning students, and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>must continue to provide nonacademic services to online learning students. If a student <br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>completes an online learning course or program that meets or exceeds a graduation <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>standard or grade progression requirement at the enrolling district, that standard or <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>requirement is met. The enrolling district must use the same criteria for accepting online <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>learning credits or courses as it does for accepting credits or courses for transfer students <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.03, subdivision 9</statute_ref>. The enrolling district may reduce the course <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>schedule of an online learning student in proportion to the number of online learning <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>courses the student takes from an online learning provider that is not the enrolling district.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>    (b) An online learning student may:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>    (1) enroll in supplemental online learning courses during a single school year to a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>maximum of 50 percent of the student's full schedule of courses per term. A student may <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>exceed the supplemental online learning registration limit if the enrolling district grants <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>permission for supplemental online learning enrollment above the limit, or if an agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>is made between the enrolling district and the online learning provider for instructional <br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>services;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>    (2) complete course work at a grade level that is different from the student's current <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>grade level; and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    (3) enroll in additional courses with the online learning provider under a separate <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>agreement that includes terms for payment of any tuition or course fees.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>    (c) An online learning student has the same access to the computer hardware and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>education software available in a school as all other students in the enrolling district. An <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>online learning provider must assist an online learning student whose family qualifies <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>for the education tax credit under section 
         <statute_ref>290.0674</statute_ref> to acquire computer hardware and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>educational software for online learning purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>    (d) An enrolling district  may offer online learning to its enrolled students. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>Such online learning does not generate online learning funds under this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>Notwithstanding paragraph (e), an enrolling district  that offers online learning only to its <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>enrolled students is not subject to the reporting requirements or review criteria under <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>subdivision 7, unless the enrolling district is a full-time online provider. A teacher with a <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>Minnesota license must assemble and deliver instruction to enrolled students receiving <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>online learning from an enrolling district. The delivery of instruction occurs when the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>student interacts with the computer or the teacher and receives ongoing assistance and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>assessment of learning. The instruction may include curriculum developed by persons <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>other than a teacher with a Minnesota license.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>    (e) An online learning provider that is not the enrolling district is subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>the reporting requirements and review criteria under subdivision 7. A teacher with a <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>Minnesota license must assemble and deliver instruction to online learning students. The <br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>delivery of instruction occurs when the student interacts with the computer or the teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>and receives ongoing assistance and assessment of learning. The instruction may include <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>curriculum developed by persons other than a teacher with a Minnesota license. Unless <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>the commissioner grants a waiver, a teacher providing online learning instruction must not <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>instruct more than 40 students in any one online learning course or program.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>    (f) To enroll in more than 50 percent of the student's full schedule of courses per term <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>in online learning, the student must qualify to exceed the supplemental online learning <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>registration limit under paragraph (b) or apply for enrollment to an approved full-time <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>online learning program following appropriate procedures in subdivision 3, paragraph (a). <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>Full-time online learning students may enroll in classes at a local school per contract for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>instructional services between the online learning provider and the school district.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Charter School Advisory Council.</b> (a) A Charter School Advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>Council is established under section 
         <statute_ref>15.059</statute_ref> except that the term for each council member <br/>
<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>shall be three years. The advisory council is composed of seven members from throughout <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>the state who have demonstrated experience with or interest in charter schools. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>members of the council shall be appointed by the commissioner. The advisory council <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>shall bring to the attention of the commissioner any matters related to charter schools <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>that the council deems necessary and shall: <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>    (1) encourage school boards to make full use of charter school opportunities;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>    (2) encourage the creation of innovative schools;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>    (3) provide leadership and support for charter school sponsors to increase the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>innovation in and the effectiveness, accountability, and fiscal soundness of charter schools;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>    (4) serve an ombudsman function in facilitating the operations of new and existing <br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>charter schools;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>    (5) promote timely financial management training for newly elected members of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>a charter school board of directors and ongoing training for other members of a charter <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>school board of directors; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>    (6) facilitate compliance with auditing and other reporting requirements. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>advisory council shall refer all its proposals to the commissioner who shall provide time <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>for reports from the council.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>    (b) The Charter School Advisory Council under this subdivision expires June 30, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>2007 does not expire and the expiration date provided in section 15.059, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>5, does not apply to this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from June 30, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 4, is <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Formation of school.</b> (a) A sponsor may authorize one or more licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>teachers under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.18, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, to operate a charter school subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>approval by the commissioner. A board must vote on charter school application for <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>sponsorship no later than 90 days after receiving the application. The school must be <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>organized and operated as a cooperative under chapter 308A or nonprofit corporation <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>under chapter 317A and the provisions under the applicable chapter shall apply to the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>school except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>465.717</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>465.719</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>a school district may create a corporation for the purpose of creating a charter school.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>    (b) Before the operators may form and operate a school, the sponsor must file an <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>affidavit with the commissioner stating its intent to authorize a charter school. The <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>affidavit must demonstrate the sponsor's ability to fulfill the responsibilities of a sponsor <br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>and state the terms and conditions under which the sponsor would authorize a charter <br/>
<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>school and how the sponsor intends to oversee the fiscal and student performance of the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>charter school and to comply with the terms of the written contract between the sponsor <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>and the charter school board of directors under subdivision 6 in the form and manner <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>prescribed by the commissioner. The sponsor must submit an affidavit to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>for each charter school it proposes to authorize. The commissioner must approve or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>disapprove the sponsor's proposed authorization within 90 days of receipt of the affidavit. <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>Failure to obtain commissioner approval precludes a sponsor from authorizing the charter <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>school that was the subject of the affidavit.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>    (c) The operators authorized to organize and operate a school, before entering into a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>contract or other agreement for professional or other services, goods, or facilities, must <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>incorporate as a cooperative under chapter 308A or as a nonprofit corporation under <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>chapter 317A and must establish a board of directors composed of at least five nonrelated <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>members until a timely election for members of the charter school board of directors is <br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>held according to the school's articles and bylaws. A charter school board of directors <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>must be composed of at least five members. Any staff members who are employed at the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>school, including teachers providing instruction under a contract with a cooperative, and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>all parents of children enrolled in the school may are eligible to  participate in the election <br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>for members of the school's board of directors. Licensed teachers employed at the school, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>including teachers providing instruction under a contract with a cooperative, must be a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>majority of the members of the board of directors before the school completes its third <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>year of operation, unless the commissioner waives the requirement for a majority of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>licensed teachers on the board. Board of director meetings must comply with chapter 13D.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>    (d) The granting or renewal of a charter by a sponsoring entity must not be <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>conditioned upon the bargaining unit status of the employees of the school.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>    (e) The granting or renewal of a charter school by a sponsor must not be contingent <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>on the charter school being required to contract, lease, or purchase services from the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>sponsor. A sponsor is prohibited from entering into a contract to provide management or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>financial services for a school that it is authorized to sponsor.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>    (e) (f) A sponsor may authorize the operators of a charter school to expand the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>operation of the charter school to additional sites or to add additional grades at the school <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>beyond those described in the sponsor's application as approved by the commissioner only <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>after submitting a supplemental application to the commissioner in a form and manner <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>prescribed by the commissioner. The supplemental application must provide evidence that:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>    (1) the expansion of the charter school is supported by need and projected enrollment;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>    (2) the charter school is fiscally sound;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.35"></a><var>40.35</var>    (3) the sponsor supports the expansion; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    (4) the building of the additional site meets all health and safety requirements to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>be eligible for lease aid.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>    (f) (g) The commissioner annually must provide timely financial management <br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>training to newly elected members of a charter school board of directors and ongoing <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>training to other members of a charter school board of directors. Training must address <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>ways to:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>    (1) proactively assess opportunities for a charter school to maximize all available <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>revenue sources;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>    (2) establish and maintain complete, auditable records for the charter school;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>    (3) establish proper filing techniques;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>    (4) document formal actions of the charter school, including meetings of the charter <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>school board of directors;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>    (5) properly manage and retain charter school and student records;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>    (6) comply with state and federal payroll record-keeping requirements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>    (7) address other similar factors that facilitate establishing and maintaining complete <br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>records on the charter school's operations.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>    Subd. 4a. <b>Conflict of interest.</b> (a) A member of a charter school board of directors <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>is prohibited from serving as a member of the board of directors or as an employee or agent <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>of or a contractor with a for-profit entity with whom the charter school contracts, directly <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>or indirectly, for professional services, goods, or facilities. A violation of this prohibition <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>renders a contract voidable at the option of the commissioner. The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>reduce a charter school's state aid under section 127A.42 if the charter school board fails <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>to correct a violation under this subdivision in a timely manner. A member of a charter <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>school board of directors who violates this prohibition shall be individually liable to the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>charter school for any damage caused by the violation.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>    (b) An individual may serve as a member of the board of directors if no conflict of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>interest under paragraph (a) exists.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>    (c) A member of a charter school board of directors that serves as a member of the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>board of directors or as an employee or agent of or a contractor with a nonprofit entity <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>with whom the charter school contracts, directly or indirectly, for professional services, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>goods, or facilities, must disclose all potential conflicts to the commissioner. A violation <br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>of this requirement makes a contract voidable at the option of the commissioner. The <br/>
<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>commissioner may reduce a charter school's aid under section 127A.42 if the charter <br/>
<a id="pl.41.35"></a><var>41.35</var>school fails to correct a violation under this subdivision in a timely manner.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>    (d) The conflict of interest provisions under this subdivision do not apply to <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>compensation paid to a teacher employed by the charter school who also serves as a <br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>member of the board of directors.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>    (e) The conflict of interest provisions under this subdivision do not apply to a teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>who provides services to a charter school through a cooperative formed under chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>308A when the teacher also serves on the charter school board of directors.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Contract.</b> The sponsor's authorization for a charter school must be in the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>form of a written contract signed by the sponsor and the board of directors of the charter <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>school. The contract must be completed within 90 days of the commissioner's approval <br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>of the sponsor's proposed authorization. The contract for a charter school must be in <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>writing and contain at least the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>    (1) a description of a program that carries out one or more of the purposes in <br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>subdivision 1;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>    (2) specific outcomes pupils are to achieve under subdivision 10;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>    (3) admission policies and procedures;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>    (4) management and administration of the school;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>    (5) requirements and procedures for program and financial audits;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>    (6) how the school will comply with subdivisions 8, 13, 16, and 23;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>    (7) assumption of liability by the charter school;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>    (8) types and amounts of insurance coverage to be obtained by the charter school;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>    (9) the term of the contract, which may be up to three years;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>    (10) if how the board of directors or the operators of the charter school will provide <br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>special instruction and services for children with a disability under sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.03</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref>, a description of the financial parameters within which the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>charter school will operate to provide the special instruction and services to children <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>with a disability; and<br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>    (11) the process and criteria the sponsor intends to use to monitor and evaluate the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>fiscal and student performance of the charter school, consistent with subdivision 15.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>    Subd. 6a. <b>Audit report.</b> (a) The charter school must submit an audit report to the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>commissioner by December 31 each year. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>    (b) The charter school, with the assistance of the auditor conducting the audit, must <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>include with the report a copy of all charter school agreements for corporate management <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>services. If the entity that provides the professional services to the charter school is <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that entity <br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>must file with the commissioner by February 15 a copy of the annual return required under <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>section 6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>    (c) If the commissioner receives as part of the an audit report a management letter <br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>indicating that a material weakness exists in the financial reporting systems of a charter <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>school, the charter school must submit a written report to the commissioner explaining <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>how the material weakness will be resolved. <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>    (d) Upon the request of an individual, the charter school must make available in a <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>timely fashion the minutes of meetings of members, the board of directors, and committees <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>having any of the authority of the board of directors, and statements showing the financial <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>result of all operations and transactions affecting income and surplus during the school's <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>last annual accounting period and a balance sheet containing a summary of its assets and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>liabilities as of the closing date of the accounting period.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Public status; exemption from statutes and rules.</b> A charter school is a <br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>public school and is part of the state's system of public education. Except as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>this section, a charter school is exempt from all statutes and rules applicable to a school, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>a board, or a district, although it may elect to comply with one or more provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>statutes or rules. A charter school is exempt from all statutes and rules applicable to <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>a school, school board, or school district unless a statute or rule is made specifically <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>applicable to a charter school.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>    Subd. 8. <b>State and local requirements.</b> (a) A charter school shall meet all <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>applicable federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school <br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>    (b) A school sponsored by a school board may be located in any district, unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>school board of the district of the proposed location disapproves by written resolution.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>    (c) A charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>employment practices, and all other operations. A sponsor may not authorize a charter <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>school or program that is affiliated with a nonpublic sectarian school or a religious <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>institution. A charter school must not modify any charter school space or otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>accommodate the practices of any one religious group unless the charter school also <br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>accommodates any other religious group that requests a modification of the charter school <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>space or other accommodation of its religious practices.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>    (d) Charter schools must not be used as a method of providing education or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>generating revenue for students who are being home-schooled.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>    (e) The primary focus of a charter school must be to provide a comprehensive <br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>program of instruction for at least one grade or age group from five through 18 years <br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>of age. Instruction may be provided to people younger than five years and older than <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>18 years of age.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>    (f) A charter school may not charge tuition.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>    (g) A charter school is subject to and must comply with chapter 363A and section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>121A.04
         </statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>    (h) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the Pupil Fair Dismissal <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>Act, sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.56</statute_ref>, and the Minnesota Public School Fee Law, sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>123B.34
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.39</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>    (i) A charter school is subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>audit requirements as a district. Audits must be conducted in compliance with generally <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>accepted governmental auditing standards, the Federal Single Audit Act, if applicable, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>and section 
         <statute_ref>6.65</statute_ref>. A charter school is subject to and must comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>15.054</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>118A.01
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.02</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.03</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.04</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.05</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.06</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>123B.52, subdivision 5</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>471.38
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.391</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.392</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.425</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.87</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.88, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>and 15
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.881</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>471.89</statute_ref>. The audit must comply with the requirements of sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>123B.75
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.83</statute_ref>, except to the extent deviations are necessary because of the program <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>at the school. Deviations must be approved by the commissioner. The Department <br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>of Education, state auditor, or legislative auditor may conduct financial, program, or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>compliance audits. A charter school determined to be in statutory operating debt under <br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.81</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.83</statute_ref> must submit a plan under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.81, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>    (j) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>    (k) A charter school must comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>13.32</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision 7</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>121A.75
         </statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>260B.171, subdivisions 3 and 5</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>    (l) A charter school is subject to the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>121A.11, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>    (m) A charter school is subject to sections 123B.36
<statute_ref></statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>(b), clause (10), and 123B.49, subdivision 4, paragraphs (a) and (f), when its students <br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>participate in extracurricular activities in their resident district.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2009-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.36"></a><var>44.36</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Admission requirements.</b> A charter school may limit admission to:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>    (1) pupils within an age group or grade level;<br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>    (2) people who are eligible to participate in the graduation incentives program <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>; or <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>    (3) residents of a specific geographic area where the percentage of the population <br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>of non-Caucasian people of that area is greater than the percentage of the non-Caucasian <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>population in the congressional district in which the geographic area is located, and as <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>long as the school reflects the racial and ethnic diversity of the specific area.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>    A charter school shall enroll an eligible pupil who submits a timely application, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or <br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>building. In this case, pupils must be accepted by lot. If a charter school is the only school <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>located in a town municipality serving pupils within a particular grade level, then pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>that are residents of the town must be given preference for enrollment before accepting <br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>pupils by lot. If a pupil lives within two miles of a charter school and the next closest <br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>public school is more than five miles away, the charter school must give those pupils <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>preference for enrollment before accepting other pupils by lot.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>    A charter school shall give preference for enrollment to a sibling of an enrolled pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>and to a foster child of that pupil's parents before accepting other pupils by lot.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>    A charter school may not limit admission to pupils on the basis of intellectual ability, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>measures of achievement or aptitude, or athletic ability.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>and applies to all applications for enrollment in the 2008-2009 school year and later.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, subdivision 23, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>    Subd. 23. <b>Causes for nonrenewal or termination of charter school contract.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>    (a) The duration of the contract with a sponsor must be for the term contained in the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>contract according to subdivision 6. The sponsor may or may not renew a contract at <br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>the end of the term for any ground listed in paragraph (b). A sponsor may unilaterally <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>terminate a contract during the term of the contract for any ground listed in paragraph (b). <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>At least 60 days before not renewing or terminating a contract, the sponsor shall notify the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>board of directors of the charter school of the proposed action in writing by registered <br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>mail. The notice shall state the grounds for the proposed action in reasonable detail and <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>that the charter school's board of directors may request in writing an informal hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>before the sponsor within 14 days of receiving notice of nonrenewal or termination of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>the contract. Failure by the board of directors to make a written request for a hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>within the 14-day period shall be treated as acquiescence to the proposed action. Upon <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>receiving a timely written request for a hearing, the sponsor shall give reasonable notice <br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>to the charter school's board of directors of the hearing date. The sponsor shall conduct <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>an informal hearing before taking final action. The sponsor shall take final action to <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>renew or not renew a contract by the last day of classes in the school year no later than 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>days before the date the sponsor terminates the contract or the end date specified in the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>contract. If the sponsor is a local board, the school's board of directors may appeal the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>sponsor's decision to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>    (b) A contract may be terminated or not renewed upon any of the following grounds:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>    (1) failure to meet the requirements for pupil performance contained in the contract;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>    (2) failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>    (3) violations of law; or<br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>    (4) other good cause shown.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>    If a contract is terminated or not renewed under this paragraph, the school must be <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>dissolved according to the applicable provisions of chapter 308A or 317A, except when <br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>the commissioner approves the decision of a different eligible sponsor to authorize the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>charter school.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>    (c) If at the end of a contract term, either the sponsor or and the charter school <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>board of directors wants mutually agree to voluntarily terminate the contract, a change <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>in sponsors is allowed if the commissioner approves the decision of a different eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>sponsor to authorize the charter school. The party intending to terminate the contract must <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>notify the other party and the commissioner of its intent at least 90 days before the date <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>on which the contract ends. Both parties jointly must submit to the commissioner their <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>written intent to terminate the contract. The commissioner must determine whether the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>charter school and the prospective new sponsor can clearly identify and effectively resolve <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>those circumstances causing the previous sponsor and the charter school to terminate the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>contract before the commissioner determines whether to grant the change of sponsor. The <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>sponsor that is a party to the existing contract at least must inform the approved different <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>eligible sponsor about the fiscal and student performance of the school. If no different <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>eligible sponsor is approved, the school must be dissolved according to applicable law and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>the terms of the contract.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>    (d) The commissioner, after providing reasonable notice to the board of directors <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>of a charter school and the existing sponsor, and after providing an opportunity for a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>public hearing, may terminate the existing sponsorial relationship if the charter school <br/>
<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>has a history of:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    (1) sustained failure to meet the requirements for pupil performance contained <br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>in the contract;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>    (1) (2) financial mismanagement; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>    (2) (3) repeated violations of the law; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>    (4) other good cause shown.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 23a, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>    Subd. 23a. <b>Related party lease costs.</b> (a) A charter school is prohibited from <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>entering a lease of real property with a related party as defined in subdivision 26 <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>this subdivision, unless the lessor is a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A or a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>cooperative under chapter 308A, and the lease cost is reasonable under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, clause (1). <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>    (b) For purposes of this subdivision:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>    (1) "related party" means an affiliate or close relative of the other party in question, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>an affiliate of a close relative, or a close relative of an affiliate;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>    (2) "affiliate" means a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>    (3) "close relative" means an individual whose relationship by blood, marriage, or <br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>adoption to another individual is no more remote than first cousin;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>    (4) "person" means an individual or entity of any kind; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>    (5) "control" means the ability to affect the management, operations, or policies of a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>    (b) (c) A lease of real property to be used for a charter school, not excluded in <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>paragraph (a), must contain the following statement: "This lease is subject to Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>124D.10, subdivision 23a</statute_ref>." <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>    (c) (d) If a charter school enters into as lessee a lease with a related party and the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>charter school subsequently closes, the commissioner has the right to recover from the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>lessor any lease payments in excess of those that are reasonable under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, clause (1). <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>    Sec. 39. <b>[124D.805] COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var><b>PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> The commissioner of education shall establish an <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>American Indian education committee. Members appointed by the commissioner must <br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>include representatives of tribal bodies, community groups, parents of children eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>to be served by the programs, American Indian administrators and teachers, persons <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian education programs, persons <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>involved in programs for American Indian children in American Indian schools, and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>persons knowledgeable in the field of American Indian education. Appointed members <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>shall be representative of significant segments of the population of American Indians.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Committee to advise commissioner.</b> The committee on American <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>Indian education programs shall advise the commissioner in the administration of the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>commissioner's duties under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 and other programs for the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>education of American Indian people as determined by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Expenses.</b> Members serve without compensation of any kind for any <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>purpose. The commissioner must determine the membership terms and the duration of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>the committee, which expire no later than June 30, 2020.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>    Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Use of revenue.</b> (a) Integration revenue under this section must <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>be used for programs established under a desegregation plan filed with the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>of Education according to Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100 to 3535.0180, or under <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>court order. The revenue must be used to create or enhance learning opportunities which <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>are designed to provide opportunities for students to have increased interracial contacts <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>through classroom experiences, staff initiatives, and other educationally related programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>    (b) A school district, as a condition of receiving revenue each year under this <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>section, must have:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>    (1) published specific desegregation or integration goals;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>    (2) identified valid and reliable indicators to measure annual progress toward <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>achieving district goals; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>    (3) using its identified indicators, demonstrated to the commissioner the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>progress in achieving the district goals in the preceding school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>and applies to the 2008-2009 school year and later.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>    Sec. 41. <b>[125B.015] STATE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var><b>STANDARDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>State technology standards; standard setting.</b> (a) Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>other law to the contrary, the commissioner, the Minnesota Education Technology Task <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>Force, and representatives of school districts must work together to identify for school <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>districts the robust technology tools and systems that improve the educational achievement <br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>of all Minnesota students. These entities must establish a foundation of flexible shared <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>services that supports state development and implementation of new and more efficient <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>educational business practices, including the use of modern analytical tools that help <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>schools and school districts make data-driven decisions and increase instructional time. <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>These entities also must anticipate the needs of school districts for effectively using <br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>emerging technologies to make the best and most cost-effective use of finite educational <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>    (b) The commissioner, the Minnesota Education Technology Task Force, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>representatives of school districts, and other interested and affected stakeholders, must <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>establish and then maintain, revise, and publish every four years beginning December 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>2008, state and district technology standards and accompanying guidelines consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>the requirements of this section and section 120B.023, subdivision 2, paragraph (a). The <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>state and school districts must use the technology standards to participate in a uniform <br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>data collection system premised on:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>    (1) common data definitions for all required data elements;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>    (2) a common course catalogue;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>    (3) common transcript definitions; and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>    (4) school district infrastructure technology standards.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>    (c) School districts, consistent with this section and other applicable law, may use <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>financial resources in addition to state funding to provide students with the technology <br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>tools they need to succeed in an increasingly complex and information-rich environment.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>    Subd. 2. <b>District technology standards.</b> (a) The commissioner, in collaboration <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>with the Minnesota Education Technology Task Force, must establish and then maintain, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>revise, and publish six categories of district technology standards consistent with this <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>section. The district technology standards must encompass:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>    (1) instructional technology that includes best practices in 21st century classroom <br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>instruction and student learning;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>    (2) technological tools that support formative and summative online assessments, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>equipment, and software;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>    (3) shared services that facilitate network and data systems administration;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>    (4) data practices that include technical security, Internet safety, and data privacy;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>    (5) data management that facilitates efficient data transfers involving school districts <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>and the department; and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>    (6) facilities infrastructure that supports multipurpose technology facilities for <br/>
<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>instruction and assessment.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    (b) School districts must align district technology expenditures with state and district <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>technology standards established under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>    (c) Beginning December 1, 2010, and each two-year period thereafter, school <br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>districts must use the district technology standards in this section to complete a review of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>the district technology environment that:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>    (1) examines the alignment of district technology expenditures to the technology <br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>standards under this section;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>    (2) identifies service gaps in the district technology plan; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>    (3) estimates the funding needed to fill service gaps.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>    (d) School districts must transmit the substance of the review to the commissioner in <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>the form and manner the commissioner determines in collaboration with the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>Education Technology Task Force. The commissioner must evaluate and report the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>substance of the reviews to the legislature by February 15, 2011, and each two-year period <br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>thereafter.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Expedited process.</b> The commissioner must use the expedited rulemaking <br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>process under section 14.389 to adopt state and district technology standards consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>with this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>and applies to the 2008-2009 school year and later.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>    Sec. 42. <b>[127A.70] MINNESOTA P-20 EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; membership.</b> (a) A P-20 education partnership is <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>established to create a seamless system of education that maximizes achievements of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>all students, from early childhood through elementary, secondary, and postsecondary <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>education, while promoting the efficient use of financial and human resources. The <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>partnership shall consist of major statewide educational groups or constituencies or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>noneducational statewide organizations with a stated interest in P-20 education. The initial <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>membership of the partnership includes the members serving on the Minnesota P-16 <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>Education Partnership and four legislators appointed as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>    (1) one senator from the majority party and one senator from the minority party, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>Administration; and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>    (2) one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>house and one member appointed by the minority leader of the house. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>    The chair of the P-16 education partnership must convene the first meeting of the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.35"></a><var>50.35</var>P-20 partnership. Prospective members may be nominated by any partnership member and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>new members will be added with the approval of a two-thirds majority of the partnership. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>The partnership will also seek input from nonmember organizations whose expertise can <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>help inform the partnership's work. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    Partnership members shall be represented by the chief executives, presidents, or <br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>other formally designated leaders of their respective organizations, or their designees. The <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>partnership shall meet at least three times during each calendar year. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>    Subd. 2.  <b>Powers and duties; report. </b> The partnership shall develop <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>recommendations to the governor and the legislature designed to maximize the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>achievement of all P-20 students while promoting the efficient use of state resources, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>thereby helping the state realize the maximum value for its investment. These <br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>recommendations may include, but are not limited to, strategies, policies, or other actions <br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>focused on: <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>    (1) improving the quality of and access to education at all points from preschool <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>through the graduate education; <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>    (2) improving preparation for, and transitions to, postsecondary education and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>work; and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>    (3) ensuring educator quality by creating rigorous standards for teacher recruitment, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>teacher preparation, induction and mentoring of beginning teachers, and continuous <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>professional development for career teachers. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>    By January 15 of each year, the partnership shall submit a report to the governor <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>divisions with jurisdiction over P-20 education policy and finance that summarizes the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>partnership's progress in meeting its goals and identifies the need for any draft legislation <br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>when necessary to further the goals of the partnership to maximize student achievement <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>while promoting efficient use of resources. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Expiration.</b> Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the partnership <br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>is permanent and does not expire.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>    Sec. 43. <b>SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' ACADEMIC </b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var><b>ACHIEVEMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>District academic achievement plan; priorities.</b> (a) A school <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>district experiencing disparities in academic achievement is encouraged to develop a <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>short and long-term plan encompassing one through four years to significantly improve <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>students' academic achievement that uses concrete measures to eliminate differences in <br/>
<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>academic performance among groups of students defined by race, ethnicity, and income. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>The plan must:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>    (1) reflect a research-based understanding of high-performing educational systems <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>and best educational practices;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>    (2) include innovative and practical strategies and programs, whether existing or <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>new, that supplement district initiatives to increase students' academic achievement under <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>state and federal educational accountability requirements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>    (3) contain valid and reliable measures of student achievement that the district uses <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>to demonstrate the efficacy of the district plan to the commissioner of education.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>    (b) A district must address the elements under section 44, paragraph (a), to the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>extent those elements are implicated in the district's plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>    (c) A district must identify in its plan the strategies and programs the district has <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>implemented and found effective in improving students' academic achievement.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>    (d) The district must include with the plan the amount of expenditures necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>to implement the plan. The district must indicate how current resources are used to <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>implement the plan, including, but not limited to, state-limited English proficiency aid <br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.65; integration revenue under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>section 124D.86; early childhood family education revenue under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>section 124D.135; school readiness aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.16; basic <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>skills revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 4; extended time <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a; and alternative <br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>compensation revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Plan.</b> (a) A school district by October 1, 2008, must submit its plan in <br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>electronic format to the commissioner of education, consistent with subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>    (b) The commissioner of education must analyze the commonalities and differences <br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>of the district plans and the effective strategies and programs districts have implemented <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>to improve students' academic achievement, and submit the analysis and underlying data <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>to the advisory task force on improving students' academic achievement under section <br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>44 by November 1, 2008, and also report the substance of the analyses to the education <br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>policy and finance committees of the legislature by January 1, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>    Sec. 44. <b>ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON IMPROVING STUDENTS' </b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var><b>ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>    (a) An advisory task force on improving students' academic achievement is <br/>
<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>established to review the plans submitted to the commissioner of education under section <br/>
<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>43 and recommend to the education committees of the legislature a proposal for improving <br/>
<a id="pl.52.35"></a><var>52.35</var>students' academic achievement and eliminating differences in academic performance <br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>among groups of students defined by race, ethnicity, and income. The task force members <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>must at least consider how the following education-related issues impact the educational <br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>achievement of low-income students and students of color:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>    (1) rigorous preparation and coursework and how to (i) effectively invest in early <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>childhood and parent education, (ii) increase academic rigor and high expectations on <br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>elementary and secondary students in schools serving a majority of low-income students <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>and students of color, and (iii) provide parents, educators, and community members with <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>meaningful opportunities to collaborate in educating students in schools serving a majority <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>of low-income students and students of color;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>    (2) professional development for educators and how to (i) provide stronger financial <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>and professional incentives to attract and retain experienced, bilingual, and culturally <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>competent teachers and administrators in schools serving a majority of low-income <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>students and students of color, (ii) recruit and retain teachers of color, and (iii) develop and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>include cultural sensitivity and interpersonal and pedagogical skills training that teachers <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>need for effective intercultural teaching;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>    (3) English language learners and how to (i) use well-designed tests, curricula, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>and English as a second language programs and services as diagnostic tools to develop <br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>effective student interventions, (ii) monitor students' language capabilities, (iii) provide <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>academic instruction in English that supports students' learning and is appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>for students' level of language proficiency, and (iv) incorporate the perspectives and <br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>contributions of ethnic and racial groups, consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>120B.022, subdivision 1, paragraph (b);<br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>    (4) special education and how to (i) incorporate linguistic and cultural sensitivity <br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>into special education diagnosis and referral, (ii) increase the frequency and quality of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>prereferral interventions, and (iii) decrease the number of minority and nonnative English <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>speaking students inappropriately placed in special education;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>    (5) GRAD tests and how to (i) incorporate linguistic and cultural sensitivity into the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>reading and math GRAD tests, and (ii) develop interventions to meet students' learning <br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>needs; and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>    (6) valid and reliable data and how to use data on student on-time graduation rates, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>student dropout rates, documented disciplinary actions, and completed and rigorous course <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>work indicators to determine how well-prepared low-income students and students of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>color are for postsecondary academic and career opportunities.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>    The task force also must examine the findings of a 2008 report by Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>superintendents on strategies for creating a world-class educational system to establish <br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>priorities for improving students' academic achievement. The task force may consider <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>other related matters at its discretion.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>    (b) The commissioner of education must convene the first meeting of the advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>task force on improving students' academic achievement by July 1, 2008. The task force <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>members must adopt internal procedures and standards for subsequent meetings. The task <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>force is composed of the following members:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>    (1) a representative from a Twin Cities metropolitan area school district, a suburban <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>school district, a school district located in a regional center, and a rural school district, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>all four representatives appointed by the education commissioner based on identified <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>concentrations of low-performing, low-income students and students of color;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>    (2) a faculty member of a teacher preparation program at the University of <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development, appointed by the college <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>dean or the dean's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>    (3) a faculty member from the urban teachers program at Metropolitan State <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>University appointed by the university president or the president's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>    (4) a faculty member from a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities teacher <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>preparation program located outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area, appointed by <br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>the chancellor or the chancellor's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>    (5) a classroom teacher appointed by Education Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>    (6) an expert in early childhood care and education appointed by a state early <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>childhood organization;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>    (7) a member from each state council representing a community of color, appointed <br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>by the respective council;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>    (8) a curriculum specialist with expertise in providing language instruction for <br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>nonnative English speakers, appointed by a state curriculum organization;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>    (9) a special education teacher, appointed by a state organization of special education <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>educators;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>    (10) a parent of color, appointed by a state parent-teacher organization;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>    (11) a district testing director appointed by a recognized Minnesota assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>group composed of assessment and evaluation directors and staff and researchers; and<br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>    (12) a Department of Education staff person with expertise in school desegregation <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>matters appointed by the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>    A majority of task force members, at their discretion, may invite other representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>of interested public or nonpublic organizations, Minnesota's communities of color, and <br/>
<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>stakeholders in local and state educational equity to become task force members. A <br/>
<a id="pl.54.36"></a><var>54.36</var>majority of task force members must be persons of color.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>    (c) Members of the task force serve without compensation of any kind for any <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>purpose. By February 15, 2009, the task force must submit a written proposal to the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>education policy and finance committees of the legislature on how to significantly improve <br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>students' academic achievement.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>    (d) The advisory task force expires on February 16, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>    Sec. 45. <b>ADVISORY TASK FORCE; INTEGRATING SECONDARY AND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var><b>POSTSECONDARY ACADEMIC AND CAREER EDUCATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>    (a) An advisory task force on improving teacher quality and identifying institutional <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>structures and strategies for effectively integrating secondary and postsecondary academic <br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>and career education is established to consider and recommend to the education policy and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>finance committees of the legislature proposals on how to:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>    (1) foster classroom teachers' interest and ability to acquire a master's degree in the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>teachers' substantive fields of licensure; and<br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>    (2) meet all elementary and secondary students' needs for adequate education <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>planning and preparation and improve all students' ability to acquire the knowledge and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>skills needed for postsecondary academic and career education.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>    (b) The commissioner of education, or the commissioner's designee, shall appoint <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>an advisory task force that is composed of a representative from each of the following <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>entities: Education Minnesota, the University of Minnesota, the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>Education, the Board of Teaching, the Minnesota Private College Council, the Office of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>Higher Education, the Minnesota Career College Association, the Minnesota PTA, the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the Minnesota Business Partnership, the Department <br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>of Employment and Economic Development, the Minnesota Association of Career and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>Technical Administrators, the Minnesota Association of Career and Technical Educators, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and other representatives of other <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>entities recommended by task force members. Members of the task force serve without <br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>compensation of any kind for any purpose. By February 15, 2009, the task force must <br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>submit written recommendations to the education policy and finance committees of the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>legislature on improving teacher quality and identifying the institutional structures and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>strategies for effectively integrating secondary and postsecondary academic and career <br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>education, consistent with this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>    (c) Upon request, the commissioner of education must provide the task force with <br/>
<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>technical, fiscal, and other support services.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>    (d) The advisory task force expires February 16, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>    Sec. 46. <b>NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT; WAIVER FROM FINANCIAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var><b>CONSTRAINTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>    (a) The commissioner of education must immediately petition the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>Department of Education to allow Minnesota schools to continue to receive federal <br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>funds under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 for state educational services without <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>the restrictions in federal regulations. The commissioner must include in the petition <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>information to demonstrate the long history of Minnesota's educational efficacy and how <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>flexibility related to expending such federal funds will enhance the state education system.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>    (b) The commissioner must not enforce the educational assessment and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>accountability provisions in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B, related to implementing <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 after the 2008-2009 school year. A school board <br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>may file a written resolution with the state auditor under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>6.79, recommending how the legislature should reform the educational assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>and accountability provisions in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B, absent the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>mandates. The commissioner may report proposals and requests to the educational <br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>committees of the legislature by January 1, 2009.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>    Sec. 47. <b>COMPUTER ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>    The Department of Education, by December 1, 2008, must report to the education <br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>committees of the legislature on its efforts to add a computer adaptive assessment that <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>includes formative analytics to the Minnesota's comprehensive assessment administered <br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>    Sec. 48. <b>ENDING PARTICIPATION IN NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>    The commissioner of education must nullify and revoke by August 1, 2009, the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>consolidated state plan that the state of Minnesota submitted to the federal Department <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>of Education on implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and any other <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>Minnesota state contract or agreement entered into under the provisions of the No Child <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>Left Behind Act of 2001 if (1) the commissioners of education and finance jointly certify <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>that by not implementing the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>schools will realize a net financial benefit; (2) state assessment and accountability reforms <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>to include a growth-based assessment are enacted during the 2008 legislative session; and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>(3) the commissioner of education implements these reforms.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>    Sec. 49. <b>REVIVAL AND REENACTMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>    Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.10, subdivision 2a, is revived and reenacted <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>effective retroactively and without interruption from June 30, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.60, subdivision 1, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Notice.</b> Within ten 30 days after the enrollment of any pupil in an <br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>instructional program for limited English proficient students, the district in which the pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>resides must notify the parent by mail. This notice must:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>    (1) be in writing in English and in the primary language of the pupil's parents;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>    (2) inform the parents that their child has been enrolled in an instructional program <br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>for limited English proficient students;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>    (3) contain a simple, nontechnical description of the purposes, method and content <br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>of the program;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>    (4) inform the parents that they have the right to visit the educational program for <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>limited English proficient students in which their child is enrolled;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>    (5) inform the parents of the time and manner in which to request and receive a <br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>conference for the purpose of explaining the nature and purpose of the program; and<br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>    (6) inform the parents of their rights to withdraw their child from an educational <br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>program for limited English proficient students and the time and manner in which to do so.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>    The department shall, at the request of the district, prepare the notice in the primary <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>language of the parent.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 125A.14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var><b>125A.14 EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>    A district may provide extended school year services for children with a disability <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>living within the district and nonresident children temporarily placed in the district <br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
<statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>. Prior to March 31 or 30 days after the child with <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>a disability is placed in the district, whichever is later, the providing district shall give <br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>notice to the district of residence of any nonresident children temporarily placed in the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>district pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
<statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>, of its intention to provide these programs. <br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> and 
<statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>, the district <br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>providing the special instruction and services must apply for special education aid for the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>extended school year services. The unreimbursed actual cost of providing the program <br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>for nonresident children with a disability, including the cost of board and lodging, may <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>be billed to the district of the child's residence and must be paid by the resident district. <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>Transportation costs must be paid by the district responsible for providing transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
<statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref> and transportation aid must be paid to that district. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.15, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var><b>125A.15 PLACEMENT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT; RESPONSIBILITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>    The responsibility for special instruction and services for a child with a disability <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>temporarily placed in another district for care and treatment shall be determined in the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>following manner:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>    (a) The district of residence of a child shall be the district in which the child's parent <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>resides, if living, or the child's guardian, or the district designated by the commissioner if <br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>neither parent nor guardian is living within the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>    (b) If a district other than the resident district places a pupil for care and treatment, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>the district placing the pupil must notify and give the resident district an opportunity to <br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>participate in the placement decision. When an immediate emergency placement of a <br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>pupil is necessary and time constraints foreclose a resident district from participating in <br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>the emergency placement decision, the district in which the pupil is temporarily placed <br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>must notify the resident district of the emergency placement within 15 days. The resident <br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>district has up to five business days after receiving notice of the emergency placement <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>to request an opportunity to participate in the placement decision, which the placing <br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>district must then provide.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>    (c) When a child is temporarily placed for care and treatment in a day program <br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>located in another district and the child continues to live within the district of residence <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>during the care and treatment, the district of residence is responsible for providing <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>transportation to and from the care and treatment facility program and an appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>educational program for the child. The resident district may establish reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>restrictions on transportation, except if a Minnesota court or agency orders the child <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>placed at a day care and treatment program and the resident district receives a copy of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>the order, then the resident district must provide transportation to and from the program <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>unless the court or agency orders otherwise. Transportation shall only be provided by the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>resident district during regular operating hours of the resident district. The resident district <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>may provide the educational program at a school within the district of residence, at the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>child's residence, or in the district in which the day treatment center is located by paying <br/>
<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>tuition to that district.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>    (c) (d) When a child is temporarily placed in a residential program for care and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>treatment, the nonresident district in which the child is placed is responsible for providing <br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>an appropriate educational program for the child and necessary transportation while the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>child is attending the educational program; and must bill the district of the child's residence <br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>for the actual cost of providing the program, as outlined in section 
         <statute_ref>125A.11</statute_ref>, except as <br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>provided in paragraph (d) (e). However, the board, lodging, and treatment costs incurred <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>in behalf of a child with a disability placed outside of the school district of residence by <br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>the commissioner of human services or the commissioner of corrections or their agents, <br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>for reasons other than providing for the child's special educational needs must not become <br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>the responsibility of either the district providing the instruction or the district of the child's <br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>residence. For the purposes of this section, the state correctional facilities operated on a <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>fee-for-service basis are considered to be residential programs for care and treatment.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>    (d) (e) A privately owned and operated residential facility may enter into a contract <br/>
<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>to obtain appropriate educational programs for special education children and services <br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>with a joint powers entity. The entity with which the private facility contracts for special <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>education services shall be the district responsible for providing students placed in that <br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>facility an appropriate educational program in place of the district in which the facility is <br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>located. If a privately owned and operated residential facility does not enter into a contract <br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>under this paragraph, then paragraph (c) (d) applies.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>    (e) (f) The district of residence shall pay tuition and other program costs, not <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>including transportation costs, to the district providing the instruction and services. <br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>The district of residence may claim general education aid for the child as provided by <br/>
<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>law. Transportation costs must be paid by the district responsible for providing the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>transportation and the state must pay transportation aid to that district.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.51, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var><b>125A.51 PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITHOUT DISABILITIES; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var><b>EDUCATION AND TRANSPORTATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>    The responsibility for providing instruction and transportation for a pupil without a <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>disability who has a short-term or temporary physical or emotional illness or disability, as <br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>determined by the standards of the commissioner, and who is temporarily placed for care <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>and treatment for that illness or disability, must be determined as provided in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>    (a) The school district of residence of the pupil is the district in which the pupil's <br/>
<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>parent or guardian resides.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>    (b) When parental rights have been terminated by court order, the legal residence <br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>of a child placed in a residential or foster facility for care and treatment is the district in <br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>which the child resides.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>    (c) Before the placement of a pupil for care and treatment, the district of residence <br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>must be notified and provided an opportunity to participate in the placement decision. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>When an immediate emergency placement is necessary and time does not permit <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>resident district participation in the placement decision, the district in which the pupil is <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>temporarily placed, if different from the district of residence, must notify the district <br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>of residence of the emergency placement within 15 days of the placement. When a <br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>nonresident district makes an emergency placement without first consulting with the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>resident district, the resident district has up to five business days after receiving notice <br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>of the emergency placement to request an opportunity to participate in the placement <br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>decision, which the placing district must then provide. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>    (d) When a pupil without a disability is temporarily placed for care and treatment <br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>in a day program and the pupil continues to live within the district of residence during <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>the care and treatment, the district of residence must provide instruction and necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>transportation to and from the care and treatment facility program for the pupil. The <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>resident district may establish reasonable restrictions on transportation, except if a <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>Minnesota court or agency orders the child placed at a day care and treatment program <br/>
<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>and the resident district receives a copy of the order, then the resident district must provide <br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>transportation to and from the program unless the court or agency orders otherwise. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>Transportation shall only be provided by the resident district during regular operating <br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>hours of the resident district. The resident district may provide the instruction at a school <br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>within the district of residence, at the pupil's residence, or in the case of a placement <br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>outside of the resident district, in the district in which the day treatment program is located <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>by paying tuition to that district. The district of placement may contract with a facility to <br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>provide instruction by teachers licensed by the state Board of Teaching.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>    (e) When a pupil without a disability is temporarily placed in a residential program <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>for care and treatment, the district in which the pupil is placed must provide instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>for the pupil and necessary transportation while the pupil is receiving instruction, and in <br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>the case of a placement outside of the district of residence, the nonresident district must <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>bill the district of residence for the actual cost of providing the instruction for the regular <br/>
<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>school year and for summer school, excluding transportation costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>    (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), if the pupil is homeless and placed in a public or <br/>
<a id="pl.60.35"></a><var>60.35</var>private homeless shelter, then the district that enrolls the pupil under section 
         <statute_ref>127A.47, <br/>
<a id="pl.60.36"></a><var>60.36</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, shall provide the transportation, unless the district that enrolls the pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>and the district in which the pupil is temporarily placed agree that the district in which <br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>the pupil is temporarily placed shall provide transportation. When a pupil without a <br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>disability is temporarily placed in a residential program outside the district of residence, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>the administrator of the court placing the pupil must send timely written notice of the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>placement to the district of residence. The district of placement may contract with a <br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>residential facility to provide instruction by teachers licensed by the state Board of <br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>Teaching. For purposes of this section, the state correctional facilities operated on a <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>fee-for-service basis are considered to be residential programs for care and treatment.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>    (g) The district of residence must include the pupil in its residence count of pupil <br/>
<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>units and pay tuition as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>123A.488</statute_ref> to the district providing the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>instruction. Transportation costs must be paid by the district providing the transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>and the state must pay transportation aid to that district. For purposes of computing state <br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>transportation aid, pupils governed by this subdivision must be included in the disabled <br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>transportation category if the pupils cannot be transported on a regular school bus route <br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>without special accommodations.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.744, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Implementation.</b> Consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>256B.0625, subdivision 26</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>school districts may enroll as medical assistance providers or subcontractors and bill <br/>
<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>the Department of Human Services under the medical assistance fee for service claims <br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>processing system for special education services which are covered services under chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>256B, which are provided in the school setting for a medical assistance recipient, and for <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>whom the district has secured informed consent consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>13.05, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>4
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (d), and section 
         <statute_ref>256B.77, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (p), to bill for each type <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>of covered service. School districts shall be reimbursed by the commissioner of human <br/>
<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>services for the federal share of individual education plan health-related services that <br/>
<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>qualify for reimbursement by medical assistance, minus up to five percent retained by the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>commissioner of human services for administrative costs, not to exceed $350,000 per <br/>
<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>fiscal year. The commissioner may withhold up to five percent of each payment to a <br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>school district. Following the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner shall settle up with <br/>
<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>each school district in order to ensure that collections from each district for departmental <br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>administrative costs are made on a pro rata basis according to federal earnings for these <br/>
<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>services in each district. A school district is not eligible to enroll as a home care provider <br/>
<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>or a personal care provider organization for purposes of billing home care services under <br/>
<a id="pl.61.35"></a><var>61.35</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>256B.0651</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>256B.0653</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>256B.0656</statute_ref> until the commissioner of human <br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>services issues a bulletin instructing county public health nurses on how to assess for the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>needs of eligible recipients during school hours. To use private duty nursing services or <br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>personal care services at school, the recipient or responsible party must provide written <br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>authorization in the care plan identifying the chosen provider and the daily amount <br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>of services to be used at school.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>    Sec. 6. <b>EXPEDITED PROCESS, SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY RULE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>    The commissioner of education may use the expedited process under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>Statutes, section 14.389, to conform Minnesota Rule, part 3525.1341, to new federal <br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>requirements on specific learning disabilities under Public Law 108-446, Sections 602(30) <br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>and 614(b)(6), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>and its implementing regulations. <br/>
<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>    Sec. 7. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 121A.67; 125A.16; 125A.19; 125A.20; and <br/>
<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>125A.57, and Laws 2006, chapter 263, article 3, section 16, are repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 134.31, subdivision 4a, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>    Subd. 4a. <b>Services to the blind and physically handicapped.</b> The Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>Department of Education shall provide specialized services to the blind and physically <br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>handicapped through the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library for the Blind and <br/>
<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>Physically Handicapped under a cooperative plan with the National Library Services for <br/>
<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 134.31, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Advisory committee.</b> The commissioner shall appoint an advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>committee of five members to advise the staff of the Minnesota Braille and Talking <br/>
<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>Book Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped on long-range plans and library <br/>
<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>services. Members shall be people who use the library. Section 
         <statute_ref>15.059</statute_ref> governs this <br/>
<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>committee except that the committee shall not expire.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 134.31, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Telephone or electronic meetings.</b> (a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>the Advisory Committee for the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library may conduct <br/>
<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following <br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>conditions are met:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>    (1) all members of the committee participating in the meeting, wherever their <br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>physical locations, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>    (2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the committee <br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>can hear all discussion, testimony, and votes of the members of the committee;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>    (3) at least one member of the committee is physically present at the regular meeting <br/>
<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>location; and<br/>
<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>    (4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's votes on each issue can be <br/>
<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>identified and recorded.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>    (b) Each member of the committee participating in a meeting by telephone or other <br/>
<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining quorum <br/>
<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>and participating in all proceedings.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>    (c) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, to the extent <br/>
<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>practical, the committee shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a <br/>
<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>remote location. The committee may require the person making the connection to pay <br/>
<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>for the documented marginal costs that the committee incurs as a result of the additional <br/>
<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>connection.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>    (d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or <br/>
<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>emergency meeting, the committee shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, <br/>
<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>the fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>the provisions of paragraph (c). The timing and method of providing notice is governed <br/>
<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>by section 13D.04.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.65, subdivision 4, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Unreimbursed costs.</b> (a) For fiscal year 2006, in addition to the tuition <br/>
<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>charge allowed in subdivision 3, the academies may charge the child's district of residence <br/>
<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>for the academy's unreimbursed cost of providing an instructional aide assigned to that <br/>
<a id="pl.63.35"></a><var>63.35</var>child, after deducting the special education aid under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref>, attributable to the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>child, if that aide is required by the child's individual education plan. Tuition received <br/>
<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>under this paragraph must be used by the academies to provide the required service.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>    (b) For fiscal year 2007 2008 and later, the special education aid paid to the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>academies shall be increased by the academy's unreimbursed cost of providing an one <br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>to one instructional aide and behavioral management aides assigned to a child, after <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>deducting the special education aid under section 
         <statute_ref>125A.76</statute_ref> attributable to the child, if that <br/>
<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>aide is the aides are required by the child's individual education plan. Aid received under <br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>this paragraph must be used by the academies to provide the required service.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>    (c) For fiscal year 2007 2008 and later, the special education aid paid to the district <br/>
<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>of the child's residence shall be reduced by the amount paid to the academies for district <br/>
<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>residents under paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>    (d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>127A.45</statute_ref>, subdivision 3, beginning in fiscal year 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>the commissioner shall make an estimated final adjustment payment to the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>State Academies for general education aid and special education aid for the prior fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>year by August 15.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>    (e) For fiscal year 2008, the academies may retain receipts received through mutual <br/>
<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>agreements with school districts for one to one behavior management aides.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.65, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Third-party reimbursement.</b> The Minnesota State Academies must seek <br/>
<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>reimbursement under section 125A.21 from third parties for the cost of services provided <br/>
<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>by the Minnesota State Academies whenever the services provided are otherwise covered <br/>
<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>by a child's public or private health plan.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>for revenue in fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 135A.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Statement of immunization required</b><b>; disclosure</b><b>.</b> (a) Except as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>in subdivision 3, no student may remain enrolled in a public or private postsecondary <br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>educational institution unless the student has submitted to the administrator a statement that <br/>
<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>the student has received appropriate immunization against measles, rubella, and mumps <br/>
<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>after having attained the age of 12 months, and against diphtheria and tetanus within ten <br/>
<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>years of first registration at the institution. This statement must indicate the month and <br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>year of each immunization given. Instead of submitting a statement, a student may provide <br/>
<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>an immunization record maintained by a school according to section 
         <statute_ref>121A.15, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>7
         </statute_ref>, or a school in another state if the required information is contained in the record. A <br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>student who has submitted a statement as provided in this subdivision may transfer to <br/>
<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>a different Minnesota institution without submitting another statement if the student's <br/>
<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>transcript or other official documentation indicates that the statement was submitted. <br/>
<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>    (b) Any written information provided to a student about immunization requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>under this subdivision must describe the exemptions from immunizations under <br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>subdivision 3 on the same page and in the same format and style as the written <br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>communication for the immunization requirements.<br/>
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<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Ages and terms.</b> (a) Every child between seven and 16 years of age must <br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>receive instruction. Every child under the age of seven who is enrolled in a half-day <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate days, or other kindergarten <br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>programs shall receive instruction. Except as provided in subdivision 6, a parent may <br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>withdraw a child under the age of seven from enrollment at any time.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>    (b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this <br/>
<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children <br/>
<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>to receive instruction in summer school shall establish at the time of its action the criteria <br/>
<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>for determining which children must receive instruction.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.2.0"></a><a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.22, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Children under seven.</b> (a) Once a pupil under the age of seven is enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>in kindergarten first grade or a higher grade in a public school, the pupil is subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>compulsory attendance provisions of this chapter and section 
         <statute_ref>120A.34</statute_ref>, unless the board of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>the district in which the pupil is enrolled has a policy that exempts children under seven <br/>
<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>from this subdivision or paragraph (b) applies.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>    (b) In a district in which children under seven are subject to compulsory attendance <br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>under this subdivision, paragraphs (c) to (e) apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>    (c) A parent or guardian may withdraw the pupil from enrollment in the school for <br/>
<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>good cause by notifying the district. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>of the pupil in another school, as defined in subdivision 4, or the immaturity of the child.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>    (d) When the pupil enrolls, the enrolling official must provide the parent or guardian <br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>who enrolls the pupil with a written explanation of the provisions of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>    (e) A pupil under the age of seven who is withdrawn from enrollment in the public <br/>
<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>school under paragraph (c) is no longer subject to the compulsory attendance provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>of this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>    (f) (b) This subdivision does not apply to:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>    (1) a kindergartner under age seven whose parent withdraws the child after notifying <br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>the district; and<br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>    (2) a child under age seven enrolled in first grade whose parent withdraws the child <br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>after notifying the district and enrolls the child in another school under subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>     (c) In a district that had adopted a policy to exempt children under seven from this <br/>
<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>subdivision, the district's chief attendance officer must keep the truancy enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>authorities supplied with a copy of the board's current policy certified by the clerk of <br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.3.0"></a><a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 124D.13, subdivision 11, is <br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Teachers.</b> A school board must employ necessary qualified licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>teachers licensed in early childhood or parent education for its early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>education programs. The Board of Teaching, at its discretion, may grant an applicant a <br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>variance under this subdivision, consistent with sections 122A.09, subdivision 10, and <br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>122A.25, and Board of Teaching rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.4.0"></a><a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.19, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Community education; annual report.</b> Each district offering a <br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>community education program under this section must annually complete a program <br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>report to the department information regarding the cost per participant and cost per contact <br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>hour for each community education program, including youth after-school enrichment <br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>programs, that receives aid or levy. The department must include cost per participant and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>cost per contact hour information by program in the community education annual report.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>later.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.5.0"></a><a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.522, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var><b>124D.522 ADULT BASIC EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var><b>GRANTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>    (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the policy review task force under <br/>
<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.521</statute_ref>, may make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide services that <br/>
<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>are not offered by a district adult basic education program or that are supplemental to <br/>
<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>either the statewide adult basic education program, or a district's adult basic education <br/>
<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>program. The commissioner may make grants for: staff development for adult basic <br/>
<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>education teachers and administrators; training for volunteer tutors; training, services, and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>materials for serving disabled students through adult basic education programs; statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>promotion of adult basic education services and programs; development and dissemination <br/>
<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>of instructional and administrative technology for adult basic education programs; <br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>programs which primarily serve communities of color; adult basic education distance <br/>
<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>learning projects, including television instruction programs; and other supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>services to support the mission of adult basic education and innovative delivery of adult <br/>
<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>basic education services. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>    (b) The commissioner must establish eligibility criteria and grant application <br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>procedures. Grants under this section must support services throughout the state, focus on <br/>
<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>educational results for adult learners, and promote outcome-based achievement through <br/>
<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>adult basic education programs. Beginning in fiscal year 2002, the commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>make grants under this section from the state total adult basic education aid set aside for <br/>
<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>supplemental service grants under section 
         <statute_ref>124D.531</statute_ref>. Up to one-fourth of the appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>for supplemental service grants must be used for grants for adult basic education programs <br/>
<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>to encourage and support innovations in adult basic education instruction and service <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>delivery. A grant to a single organization cannot exceed $100,000 25 percent of the total <br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>supplemental services aid. Nothing in this section prevents an approved adult basic <br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>education program from using state or federal aid to purchase supplemental services. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.6.0"></a><a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>State total adult basic education aid.</b> (a) The state total adult basic <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>education aid for fiscal year 2005 is $36,509,000. The state total adult basic education <br/>
<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>aid for fiscal year 2006  equals $36,587,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during <br/>
<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or <br/>
<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>2007 equals $37,673,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year 2008 equals <br/>
<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>$40,650,000, plus any amount that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of <br/>
<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>state total adult basic education aid for later fiscal years equals:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>    (1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any <br/>
<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under <br/>
<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; times<br/>
<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>    (2) the lesser of:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>    (i) 
         <statute_ref>1.03</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>    (ii) the greater of 
<statute_ref>1.00</statute_ref> or the ratio of the state total contact hours in the first prior <br/>
<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>program year to the state total contact hours in the second prior program year the average <br/>
<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program years.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>    Beginning in fiscal year 2002, two percent of the state total adult basic education <br/>
<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>aid must be set aside for adult basic education supplemental service grants under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>124D.522
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>    (b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals <br/>
<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic <br/>
<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>population aid under subdivision 2.<br/>
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<a id="bill.6.7.0"></a><a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.55, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var><b>124D.55 GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) TEST FEES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>    The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>individual for the full battery of a general education development (GED) test, but not <br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>more than $20 $40 for an eligible individual.<br/>